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From Rome to the Restatement: S.P. Scott, Fred Blume, Clyde Pharr, and Roman Law in Early Twentieth-Century America


Timothy G. Kearley


University of Wyoming College of Law

August 20, 2015

Law Library Journal, Vol. 108:1 (2016-3) Forthcoming

Abstract:     
This article describes how the classical past, including Roman law and a classics-based education, influenced elite legal culture in the United States and university-educated Americans into the twentieth century and helped to encourage Scott, Blume, and Pharr to labor for many years on their English translations of ancient Roman law.

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Keywords: Roman Law, Civil Law, Restatements of the Law, Legal History, Legal Education


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Date posted: February 27, 2016  

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Kearley, Timothy G., From Rome to the Restatement: S.P. Scott, Fred Blume, Clyde Pharr, and Roman Law in Early Twentieth-Century America (August 20, 2015). Law Library Journal, Vol. 108:1 (2016-3) Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2737986

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Timothy G. Kearley (Contact Author)
University of Wyoming College of Law ( email )
Dept. 3035
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WV 82071
United States
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