James H. Chadbourn
James Harmon Chadbourn (born Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1905; died, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982) was an American legal scholar and an expert in civil procedure, Federal jurisdiction and evidence.[1][2] He was a Fessenden Professor of law at Harvard University from 1963 until his retirement in 1974.[2]
Education
[edit]Chadbourn received a B.A. from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1926.
He received an LL.B. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 1931.
Employment
[edit]Assistant Professor & ---, University of North Carolina School of Law, 19-- - 19--
Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1940-1950
Professor, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, 1950-1963
Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, 1961-1963
Fessenden Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 1963-1974
Publications
[edit]Books, treatises, casebooks & reports:
Chadbourn revised seven volumes (turning them into eight) of the third edition of the classic treatise John H. Wigmore, Evidence in Trials at Common Law (3d ed. 1940).
- J. Chabourn, Lynching and the Law (1933), reprinted in 2008 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd;
- T. Atkinson & J. Chadbourn, Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure (1948);
- T. Atkinson & J. Chadbourn, Introduction to Civil Procedure (1948);
- J. Chadbourn, L. Levin & P. Shuchman, Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure (2d ed. 1974) (original edition published by Chadbourn and Levin in 1961);
- R. Magill & J. Chadbourn, Cases and Civil Procedure Preface (3d ed. 1939);
- J. Chadbourn & L. Levin, Procedure Portfolio: Pleadings, Process and Appeal Papers in Facsimile (1962);
- J. Chadbourn, H. Grossman & A. Van Alstyne, California Pleading -- Civil Actions (1961);
- J. Chadbourn, A. Van Alstyne & H. Grossman, California Discovery Practice (1972);
- C. McCormick, J. Chadbourn & C. Wright, Cases and Materials on Federal Courts (6th ed. 1976) (federal courts casebook first published by McCormick and Chadbourn in 1946);
- 6 California Law Revision Commission Reports 39-45, 58-74, 133-69, 307-09, 328-416, 439-80, 509-25, 627-79, 727-71, 831-60, 925-50, 1049-107 (1964).
References
[edit]- ^ JAMES H. CHADBOURN obituary, New York Times, October 1, 1982. Accessed June 9, 2011
- ^ a b James Chadbourn, Retried Professor, Dies of Cancer, Harvard Crimson, September 30, 1982. Accessed June 9, 2011
- Albert M. Sacks, "In Memoriam: James H. Chadbourn," Harvard Law Review vol. 96 (Dec. 1982), no. 2, pp. 361–363
- Jack B. Weinstein, "In Memoriam: Writings of James H. Chadbourn," Harvard Law Review, vol. 96 (Dec. 1982), no. 2, pp. 364–370
- Eric Green, "In Memoriam: James H. Chadbourn," Harvard Law Review vol. 92 (Dec. 1982) pp. 371–373
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