Word: england
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lecture Hall on Saturday. The lecture was in the nature of a continuation of that of Friday, and was on "The Law of Reason--Natural Justice in the Common Law." Professor Pollock spoke of the principles of natural justice as found in the Common Law of England, and outlined the rules of contributory negligence and their relation to the laws of natural justice. In speaking of the relation between the laws of nature and the common law he explained that the natural ideas of justice do not apply in all cases, but that different rules exist in different countries...
...Frederick Pollock gave the third of his series of lectures yesterday afternoon in the New Lecture Hall, his subject being "The Sword of Justice." He traced the history of the criminal courts of England from the earliest times to the present day, defining and outlining the powers of the "Star Chamber," from its origin to the end of the sixteenth century, when it was consolidated with the present courts of King's Bench and Chancery. The remainder of the lecture was devoted to the discussion of trials by ordeal, by battle and by jury...
...third annual Intercollegiate Geological Excursion will be held at Meriden, Conn, to visit the Hanging Hills--broken, tilted and eroded lava sheets--under the guidance of Professor H. E. Gregory of Yale University on Saturday, October 17. Teachers and students in all the colleges of central and southern New England, and teachers from a number of secondary schools are invited to take part in the excursion. The Harvard party will take the express train. B. & A. R. R. at Trinity Place Station (Back Bay), at 4.04 p. m., Friday, October 16; returning Saturday evening about 10 o'clock. The headquarters...
...Frederick Pollock is one of the most distinguished jurists and legal authors of England. He has just resigned his professorship of Jurisprudence at Oxford, after an incumbency of twenty years. The best known of his writings are his treatises on Contracts and Torts, and his "History of English Law," the latter written jointly with Professor Maitland. Professor Pollock is also the editor-in-chief of the English Law Reports...
...heart of all New England, bravest, best...