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About the Selden Society |
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The Society was founded in 1887 ‘to encourage study and advance the knowledge of the history of English Law’. It publishes annual volumes of source materials such as law reports, court records and other kinds of professional literature. In each case the text is provided with a translation (where the original is Latin or French) and with full indices and other apparatus. The introductions to these volumes comprise a substantial proportion of the research done in modern times on the history of the common law; and they and the materials themselves are important for social, economic, constitutional, and linguistic historians, and also for students of local and family history. The Society has in fact averaged a little more than a volume a year; and 2010 saw the publication of the 127th volume in the series, the whole of which, as of this writing, remains available in print. There are now almost 1700 members in some 30 countries, mainly the United Kingdom, the United States and the Commonwealth. These members include, in addition to legal historians, professional and amateur, many distinguished judges and practicing lawyers, together with most of the major university, court and official libraries in the English-speaking world. For the annual subscription a member receives without further charge the annual volume, the annual report of the Council of the Society and occasional literature, including published lectures. A member is also entitled to concessional rates on other publications. For further information about the Selden Society and its programs, see below and the Society’s London website. |
Selden Society Officers |
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Patron
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE PHILLIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G.
PresidentThe Right Honourable Lord Judge, C.J.
Vice-PresidentsDr Paul Brand, F.B.A.. The Honourable Sir Daryl Dawson, A.C., K.B.E., C.B. The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, C.J. The Honourable Mr Justice B.H McPherson, C.B.E.
Council
Literary DirectorDr. N.G. Jones
Honorary TreasurerMr Christopher Wright, (Edwin Coe, 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3TH)
Secretary Mr Victor Tunkel (School of Law, Queen Mary, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS)
TrusteesProfessor M.T. Clanchy, F.B.A. Mr P.W.E. Taylor, Q.C. Mr Christopher Wright
Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers Overseas
Australia: Mr Aladin Rahemtula, Supreme Court Library, Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Canada: Professor Margaret McGlynn, University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5C2 New Zealand: Mr Francis Dawson, Dawson Harford & Partners, 48 Courthouse Lane, Auckland United States: Professor Charles Donahue Jr (Treasurer), Mr David Warrington (Secretary), Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall, Cambridge MA 02138
Honorary Correspondents Overseas
Australia
A.C.T.: Dr Russell Smith, Australian Institute of Criminology, Griffith 2603 New South Wales: The Hon. Mr Justice Peter Young, Supreme Court, Sydney, 2001 The Hon. L.J. Priestley, Q.C., 53 Martin Place, Sydney 2000 Queensland: The Hon. Mr Justice McPherson, C.B.E., Supreme Court, Brisbane, 4000 Dr Michael W.D. White, Q.C., Centre for Maritime Law, University of Queensland, 4072 South Australia: Professor Wilfrid Prest, Law School, University of Adelaide, 5005 Victoria: The Hon. Sir Daryl Dawson, 63 Gipps Street, East Melbourne 3002 Western Australia: Mr Anthony Dickey, Q.C., Wickham Chambers, 28 The Esplanade, Perth, 6000
Canada
Alberta: Professor Louis A. Knafla, Department of History, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4 Manitoba: Professor DeLloyd J. Guth, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg R3T 2N2 Ontario: Mr E. Joel Thompson, 51 Juliana Court, Toronto, M6S 2R3 Quebec: Mr John G. O’Connor, 801 Chemin St-Louis, Quebec, G1S 1C1
United States of America
Arizona: Professor Jonathan Rose, College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287 Arkansas: The Hon. Morris S. Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals, Little Rock, 72203 California: Professor Daniel Klerman, University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, 90089 Colorado: Dr Thomas F. Cope, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100, Denver 80203 District of Columbia: Professor Peter Jaszi, Washington College of Law, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., 20016 Connecticut: Professor Ruth Wedgwood, Yale Law School, New Haven, 06520 Illinois: Mr David W. Maher, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, 8000 Sears Tower, Chicago, 60606-6404 Iowa: Professor Thomas P. Gallanis, Boyd Law Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242 Kansas: Professor Michael Hoeflich, School of Law, University of Kansas, Laurence, 66045 Louisiana: The Hon. Donald E. Walter, Federal Building, 500 Fannin Street, Shreveport, 71101 Maryland: Professor Oscar S. Gray, School of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 21201 Massachusetts: Professor Daniel R. Coquillette, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, 02138 Michigan: Professor Byron D. Cooper, School of Law, University of Detroit Mercy, 48226 Missouri: Mr Courtney Shands, Jr., One Mercantile Center, 24th Floor, St.Louis, 63101 New Jersey: Professor Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 08544 New York: Mr John D. Gordan III, 1133 Park Avenue, New York, 10128 Professor Paul Hyams, Department of History, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853 Ohio: Professor Michael D. Gordon, Dept. of History, Denison University, Granville, 43023 Mr Bruce Tyler Wick, 1525 Leader Building, Superior at East 6th, Cleveland, 44114 Oregon: Dean Maurice J. Holland, School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403 Pennsylvania: Mr Jon F. LaFaver, 120 Carol Street, New Cumberland, 17013 Rhode Island: The Hon. Joseph R. Weisberger, Supreme Court, Providence, 02903 Tennessee: Mr Kevin Steiling, Attorney-General’s Office, PO Box 20207, Nashville, 37202 Texas: Mr Nelson R. Block, Winstead Sechrest & Minnick, 2400 Bank One Center, Houston, 77002 Utah: Professor Thomas Lund, College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 Virginia: Professor W. Hamilton Bryson, School of Law, University of Richmond, 23173 Washington: Mr John A. Gose, 5400 Columbia Seafirst Center, 701 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, 98104
Other Countries
Austria, Germany and Switzerland: Professor Dr Reinhard Zimmermann, Max Planck Institut, Hamburg, D-20148, Germany Benelux Countries: Professor R.C. Baron van Caenegem, Veurestraat 47, B9051 Afsnee, Belgium France: Professor Anne Lefebvre-Teillard, Université Paris II, 12 Place du Panthéon, 75231 Paris Italy: Dr Paola Maffei, University of Siena, 53100 Japan: Dr Takeshi Kido, 4-14-5 Minami-cho, Kichijoji, Musashino-shi, Tokyo |
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This page last updated 10/04/12.
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