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Douglas A. Hedin, "Chief Justice Gilfillan is Re-elected" (1882).

Douglas A. Hedin & Elsa Prigozy, "Chief Justice Henry Z. Hayner (1802-1874)."

Addison Breckenridge Overstreet (1915-1952).

John V. O'Hearn (1907-1952).

Thovald M. Thomson (1881-1949).

Neely E. Pardee (1879-1952).

John D. Lawson, "Legal History and Law Reform" (1912).

John D, Lawson, "The Law of Presumptive Evidence" (1886).

"The Autobiography of George Harris" (1888).

C. L. Hall, "Memoirs of the State Officers and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota" (1877).

Joel Michael, "How the Senate Lost its Stagger: The Story of an Attorney General's Opinion that Changed the Legislature."

Paul Nelson, "The Case of the William Clark Papers."

William W. Cook, "Power and Responsibility of American Bar" (1922).

Gilbert Burnet, "Incidents in the Life of Sir Matthew Hale" (1832).

H. B. Irving, "Studies of French Criminals of the Nineteenth Century" (1908).

H. B. Irving, "A Book of Remarkable Criminals" (1918).

Serjeant Robinson, "Bench and Bar: Reminiscences of One of the Last of an Ancient Race" (1889).

William Edward Surtess, "A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon" (1846).

Humphry William Woolrych, "A Treatise of Legal Time With Its Computations and Reckonings" (1851).

Humphry William Woolrych, "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Window Lights" (1833).

Uri Locke Lamprey (1842-1906).

James E. Child, "Trying a Case in Waseca County While (Allegedly) Under the Influence of Liquor" (1905).

Memoirs of Michael J. Galvin, Sr. (1990).

H. L. Gordon Recalls Trials in the 1860s and 1870s. (1911).

Darwin S. Hall: "The First Lawsuit in Birch Cooley Township." (1916)

Patrick Cudmore: "Territorial Bar." (1897)

David J. Meyers: Book Review of Donald R. Durbin Jr., "The Bigger They Are...." (2000).

The Noble Experiment in Minnesota. Thomas L. Olson: Book Review of Elaine Davis, "Minnesota 13: Stearns County

John W. Arctander: "Guilty?" (1910).

Melville Davisson Post: "The District Attorney" (1912).

Dr. Zabelle Stodola: A Reconsideration of Margaret Culkin Banning, "The Iron Will" (1936).

Judge Michael A. Wolff: Book Review of Roberta Walburn, "Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice" (2017).

Purpose

The objective of The Minnesota Legal History Project is to increase knowledge of and research into the legal history of the State of Minnesota. It will do so by making available previously published articles and by publishing new or original studies of Minnesota’s legal past.

The Minnesota Legal History Project will publish studies of subjects that relate in any way to the legal history of the State of Minnesota, including the state constitution, state courts and judges, Indian treaties, tribal law and courts, significant litigation, the development of specific areas of the law, memoirs and biographical sketches of individual lawyers, judges and their support staffs, among others.

The Minnesota Legal History Project began operating in January 2008. With experience and over time, it will be redesigned to better meet the needs of its audience and to fulfill its ambitions. Suggestions for improvement are welcome and patience is advised.

The Minnesota Legal History Project is a private, noncommercial endeavor. It is not affiliated with the State of Minnesota.