Roscoe Pound

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Roscoe Pound was an influential American legal scholar and educator, best known for developing the theory of sociological jurisprudence and serving as dean of Harvard Law School.

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instanceOf dean
human
jurist
legal educator
legal scholar
university teacher
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1870-10-27
dateOfDeath 1964-07-01
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Nebraska system
surface form: University of Nebraska
employer Harvard Law School
University of Chicago
University of Nebraska system
surface form: University of Nebraska
endTime 1936
familyName Pound
fieldOfWork jurisprudence
legal education
legal philosophy
sociological jurisprudence
givenName Roscoe
influenced American legal realism
influencedBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Rudolf von Jhering
Émile Durkheim
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
movement legal realism
surface form: sociological jurisprudence
nativeLanguage English
notableIdea law as a social institution
social engineering theory of law
sociological jurisprudence
notableWork An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
Interpretations of Legal History
Social Control Through Law
The Spirit of the Common Law
occupation author
botanist
lawyer
professor
placeOfBirth Lincoln, Nebraska
placeOfBurial Mount Auburn Cemetery
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts
positionHeld Dean of Harvard Law School
religion Unitarianism
sexOrGender male
startTime 1916
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lincoln, Nebraska

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ABA Medal hasRecipient Roscoe Pound
Pound Hall namedAfter Roscoe Pound
The Spirit of the Common Law author Roscoe Pound
Social Control Through Law author Roscoe Pound