Henry Campbell Black
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Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary in the USA first published in 1891.[1]
Born in Ossining, New York, went to school at Trinity College in Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a master’s degree in 1887, and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916.[2] He was also the editor of The Constitutional Review from 1917 until his death in 1927.
- Black, Henry Campbell (1895). Handbook of American Constitutional Law. West.[3]
- Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Dictionary of Law: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law : with a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous Select Titles from the Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9780963010605. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)- 1910 edition free e-book Black, Henry Campbell (1910). A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations. West Publishing Company. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Treatise on the Law of Judgments, Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata. West Publishing.[4]
