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In 1914, Percy Winfield said that this book was a "valuable" guide "to the materials of English law", that it appeared to be little known in England, that the critical notes were appended to certain classics and reporters and were necessarily brief, especially in relation to the Year Books, that the
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In 1988, Bookman's Yearbook said that the fact that this book was still in use indicated "the sorry state" that legal bibliography was in, the book being "like a third class Lowndes or Brunet".
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is in alphabetical by author, with a topical index, and includes evaluative comments on the works, drawing on numerous sources. Despite the impression given by its short title, the
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Marvin, J G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847.
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In the Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, this book was described as "good in its day, but now more than 40 years old".
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In 1857, the Upper Canada Law Journal and Lower Courts Gazette said "Mr. Marvin's, Legal Bibliography, is by far the completest work of its kind we have had".
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In his preface, Marvin says that upon reviewing this volume, he discovered that some titles were omitted, and that some dates were erroneous.
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Harvard University Library Notes said that this book was, "for many years" after its first publication, "the best American work of its kind".
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bibliography, that Marvin's Legal Bibliography discloses little that is valuable and its accuracy does not stand the test of verification.
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The Upper Canada Law Journal and Lower Courts Gazette. 1857. Volume 3. Page 5, col 2.
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book was an index of authors rather than topics, and that a new edition was needed.
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was an attempt to integrate other legal works into the Anglo-American tradition.
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This work was preceded by an 1843 edition of a work on
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California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Bookman's Yearbook. Bookman's Weekly. 1988. Page 10.
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John Gage Marvin
bibliography of law
United States of America
Harvard University
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
international law
Sir James Mackintosh
Harvard Law Library
Year-Book
Digitised copy
Google Books
The Law Librarian
PDF
Archived
Wayback Machine
Digitised copy
Harvard University Press
Virginia State Bar Association
Winfield, Percy H
"Some Bibliographical Difficulties of English Law"
LQR
Harvard Law Review
140
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Marvin's Legal Bibliography
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Legal bibliographies
1847 books

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