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." . . the real source of his Cooley's] fame. This book originated
from the need of introducing a course on Constitutional Law in the
school. . . . The text was developed as a basis for lectures. . . .
His discussion attained immediate fame and his views and
suggestions practically dominated American Constitutional Law. . .
. Like Blackstone, Pomeroy and many other legal works, the
influence of Constitutional Limitations rests partly upon literary
qualities, upon clarity and grace of unaffected statement." --James
G. Rogers, American Bar Leaders 70."The most influential work ever
published on American Constitutional law." --Edward S. Corwin,
Constitutional Revolution 87.Thomas McIntyre Cooley 1824-1898] was
a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and was appointed by
President Grover Cleveland to serve on the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He was a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University
and dean of the University of Michigan Law School. First issued in
1870, his edition of Blackstone, popularly known as "Cooley's
Blackstone," was the standard American edition of the late
nineteenth century. Some of his other influential publications are
A Treatise on the Law of Taxation (1876) and A Treatise on the Law
of Torts or the Wrongs Which Arise Independently of Contract
(1878). Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, founded
in 1972, was named in his honor.
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