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Born November 27, 1795 • Providence • Rhode Island
Died March 11, 1848 (aged 52) • Dorchester • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Elements of International Law”
Subjects Of Study international law • maritime law
Charles Cheney Hyde
American lawyer
Alexander Pearce Higgins
British lawyer
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
United States jurist
David Hackett Souter
United States jurist
John Jay
John Jay
United States statesman and chief justice
Elena Kagan, 2012.
Elena Kagan
United States jurist
Lansing, 1915
Robert Lansing
United States statesman
Alan Page
American football player, jurist, and writer
Edward Douglass White
Edward Douglass White
chief justice of United States
Richard Henry Dana
Richard Henry Dana
American author
Henry Billings Brown
Henry Billings Brown
United States jurist
William Paterson
William Paterson
United States statesman
Byron R. White
Byron R. White
United States jurist
Roscoe Pound.
Roscoe Pound
American jurist, botanist, and educator
Clifford, Nathan
Nathan Clifford
American jurist
Hans Kelsen
American scholar
Lieber, Francis
Francis Lieber
American philosopher and jurist
Howell E. Jackson
United States jurist
Bushrod Washington
Bushrod Washington
United States jurist