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Title: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

Author: Roscoe Pound

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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

THE ADDRESSES CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK WERE
DELIVERED IN THE WILLIAM L. STORRS
LECTURE SERIES, 1921, BEFORE THE
LAW SCHOOL OF YALE UNIVERSITY,
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

An Introduction to the
Philosophy of Law

BY

ROSCOE POUND

NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

First Published, May, 1922.
Second Printing, December, 1924.
Third Printing, May, 1925.
Fourth Printing, April, 1930.

TO
JOSEPH HENRY BEALE
IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY
OBLIGATIONS

The present volume is the second work published under the imprint of
the Yale University Press in memory of Arthur P. McKinstry, who died
in New York City, July 21, 1921. Born in Winnebago City, Minnesota, on
December 22, 1881, he was graduated from Yale College in 1905, and in
1907 received the degree of LL.B. _magna cum laude_ from the Yale Law
School, graduating at the head of his class. Throughout his career at
Yale he was noted both for his scholarship and for his active interes