Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Roscoe Pound
Born: October 27, 1870
Died: June 30, 1964 (aged 93)
Bio: Nathan Roscoe Pound was a distinguished American legal scholar and educator. He was Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.
Known for:
- An introduction to the philosophy of law (1922)
- The spirit of the common law (1906)
- Social control through law (1942)
- Law And Morals (1924)
- The ideal element in law (1958)