Samuel Williston

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Samuel Williston was a prominent American legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor best known for his influential treatises on contract law and his role in shaping modern American legal doctrine.

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instanceOf author
human
law professor
legal scholar
academicDiscipline law
areaOfInfluence United States law
surface form: United States legal system

common law of contracts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
employer Harvard Law School
Harvard University
familyName Williston
fieldOfWork American law
contract law
genre legal treatise
givenName Samuel
hasHonorificTitle Professor of Law
influenced American contract law
Restatements of the Law
surface form: Restatement of Contracts
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSpecialty contracts
memberOf Harvard Law School
surface form: Harvard Law School faculty
name Samuel Williston self-link
notableFor contributions to American legal scholarship
influential treatises on contract law
shaping modern American contract doctrine
notableWork Treatise on the Law of Contracts
Williston on Contracts
occupation lawyer
legal scholar
university teacher
placeOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts

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American Law Institute foundedBy Samuel Williston
Samuel Williston name Samuel Williston self-link