- Leon A. Green
Leon Green (
March 31 ,1888 –June 15 ,1979 ) was a noted U.S. legal realist and long-tenured dean ofNorthwestern University School of Law (1929 – 1947). He also served as professor atYale Law School (1926 – 1929) and theUniversity of Texas School of Law (1915 – 1918, 1920 – 1926, and 1947 – 1977).Born in Oakland,
Louisiana , Green earned anA.B. from Ouachita College in 1908 andLL.B from the University of Texas in 1915.At Northwestern, Dean Green presided over changes in curriculum to provide students effective training in the changing field of law. He also determined that the best way to raise the law school's stature was to raise the quality of students. Thus, he fought University pressure to raise revenues by admitting unqualified students, and he led a campaign to provide decent housing as a means to attract top students.
A leading expert in the field of
Tort law, Green authored the groundbreaking treatise, "The Rationale of Proximate Cause" (1927).Three of Green's students received appointments to the
United States Supreme Court :John Paul Stevens andArthur Goldberg from Northwestern University, andThomas Campbell Clark from the University of Texas.Green also served as dean of the
University of North Carolina School of Law (1926-1927).Dean Green died in
Austin, Texas , on June 15, 1979.Books written by Leon Green
*The Rationale of Proximate Cause (1927)
*Judge and Jury (1930)
*The Judicial Process in Tort Cases (1931; 2d ed. 1939)
*Injuries to Relations (1940)
*The Litigation Process in Tort Law (1966)References
*http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=339562
*http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/findingaids/green_leon.pdf#search=%22leon%20green%22
*http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/AMR/Green/green.html
*http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Wisconsin_Lawyer&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=50122
*http://users.ox.ac.uk/~alls0079/Stanford%20Causation2.pdf#search=%22leon%20green%20rationale%20of%20proximate%20cause%22
*http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgr86.htmlExternal links
* [http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/findingaids/green_leon.pdf Leon Green Papers, 1929-1947, Northwestern University Archives, Evanston, Illinois]
* [http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/rare/archives-lfaculty.html#mss0032 Leon Green papers, 1904-1979, Archival Collections - UT Law Faculty ]Persondata
NAME= Green, Leon A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH=March 31 ,1888
PLACE OF BIRTH=Oakland, Louisiana ,United States
DATE OF DEATH=June 15 ,1979
PLACE OF DEATH=Austin, Texas ,United States
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