Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Christopher Columbus Langdell
Born: May 22, 1826
Died: July 6, 1906 (aged 80)
Bio: Christopher Columbus Langdell was an American jurist and legal academic who was Dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895.
Known for:
- A Summary of Equity Pleading (1877)
- A Summary of the Law of Contracts (1880)