Smith's Manual of Equity

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Identifier

KD674 .S5 1871

Creation Date

1871

Description

Smith, Josiah W. A Manual of Equity Jurisprudence, Specially Designed for the Use of Law Schools and of the Practising Lawyer... First American ed. Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1871.

Josiah William Smith (1816-1887) was an English barrister, judge, and prolific legal scholar. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and later appointed to Queen's Counsel. His Manual of Equity Jurisprudence (1845) was written to provide students and practitioners with a comprehensive textbook on equity principles. The work outlines the foundation of courts in equity, then discusses remedial equity, executive equity, adjustive equity, protective equity, and auxiliary equity.

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