John phillip reid biography

          John Phillip Reid is Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, a former law clerk for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, and the author of many books, including most recently.!

          John Phillip Reid, prolific scholar of early American constitutional and legal history, passed away on April 6, , at Spending his.

        1. John Phillip Reid is professor of law at New York University.
        2. John Phillip Reid is Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, a former law clerk for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, and the author of many books, including most recently.
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        4. He was born May 17, in Weehawken, New Jersey.

          5. John Phillip Reid

          In Memoriam

          We include below a remembrance in honor of John Phillip Reid, longstanding ASLH member and the first Honorary Fellow of the Society, named in   It is written by John’s former student, and then long-time colleague and friend William (Bill) E.

          Nelson, who is himself an Honorary Fellow (). Hendrik Hartog, well known to legal historians in all fields and an Honorary Fellow (), also credits his course in legal history with John at NYU Law School as his first (and inspirational) introduction to the field.

          The book on the Overland Trail that Bill mentions is Law for the Elephant:  Property and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail (San Marino, Calif., ). We would also suggest that John’s Chief Justice: The Judicial World of Charles Doe (Cambridge, Mass., ) on the nineteenth-century New Hampshire Supreme Court, is a captivating study of an innovative and influential (if long overlooked) state judge.

          Whatever our members choose to read of John’s enormou