http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Law_of_Evidence&feed=atom&action=historyLaw of Evidence - Revision history2024-03-29T12:54:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.5http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Law_of_Evidence&diff=71879&oldid=prevLktesar at 16:12, 27 October 20212021-10-27T16:12:40Z<p></p>
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</table>Lktesarhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Law_of_Evidence&diff=70593&oldid=prevMvanwicklin at 14:02, 15 August 20192019-08-15T14:02:28Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in 1662 and joined the bar in 1668. He became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1715 and rose to the position of Chief Baron of exchequer of England in 1725.<ref>M. McNair, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1 Gilbert, Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 20, 2015.</ref<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><br /</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in 1662 and joined the bar in 1668. He became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1715 and rose to the position of Chief Baron of exchequer of England in 1725.<ref>M. McNair, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1 Gilbert, Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 20, 2015.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><br /</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The section, "Evidence," was already in circulation as an individual, albeit unpublished, manuscript in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential work. Publication of the section, as ''The Law of Evidence'', occurred in 1754. The treatise was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting evidence law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as "a work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole."<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">W. </del>Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, 3 </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1825): 367., quoted in John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A View from </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ryder Sources</del>,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" ''Columbia Law Review'' 96</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no. 5 (1996)</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1172-1173</del>.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The section, "Evidence," was already in circulation as an individual, albeit unpublished, manuscript in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential work. Publication of the section, as ''The Law of Evidence'', occurred in 1754. The treatise was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting evidence law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as "a work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole."<ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">William </ins>Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'' (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Oxford </ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Printed at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Clarendon Press</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1768)</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">367</ins>.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in 1662 and joined the bar in 1668. He became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1715 and rose to the position of Chief Baron of exchequer of England in 1725.<ref>M. McNair, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1 Gilbert, Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 20, 2015.</ref><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in 1662 and joined the bar in 1668. He became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1715 and rose to the position of Chief Baron of exchequer of England in 1725.<ref>M. McNair, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1 Gilbert, Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 20, 2015.</ref><br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As a lawyer and judge, Gilbert had <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a high </del>reputation, but his decisions were not widely reported or cited. Gilbert <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </del>better regarded <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">posthumously </del>for his engagement in a general treatise on English law in the 'Institutional' model. It was separated into sections of "Persons," "Things," and "Actions," the text of which was likely meant for publication.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As a lawyer and judge, Gilbert had <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an esteemed </ins>reputation, but his decisions were not widely reported or cited. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Posthumously </ins>Gilbert <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">has been </ins>better regarded <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>for his engagement in a general treatise on English law in the 'Institutional' model. It was separated into sections of "Persons," "Things," and "Actions," the text of which was likely meant for publication.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued the project before 1710 and, ultimately, the sections were not published as a collection. Gilbert left some of his manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve other sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The section, "Evidence," was already in circulation as an individual, albeit unpublished, manuscript in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential work. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Proper publication </del>of the section, as 'The Law of Evidence'', occurred in 1754. The treatise was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting evidence law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as "a work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole."<ref>W. Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'', 3 (1825): 367., quoted in John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The section, "Evidence," was already in circulation as an individual, albeit unpublished, manuscript in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential work. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Publication </ins>of the section, as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</ins>'The Law of Evidence'', occurred in 1754. The treatise was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting evidence law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as "a work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole."<ref>W. Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'', 3 (1825): 367., quoted in John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1962 </del>and joined the bar in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1968. Through connections to Sir Matthew Hale, Gilbert was located in whig politics and Hale’s approach to common-law</del>. He became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chief baron </del>of the Irish <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exchequer </del>in 1715 and rose to the position of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chief baron </del>of exchequer of England in 1725.<br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert] (1674-1726) was admitted to Inner Temple in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1662 </ins>and joined the bar in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1668</ins>. He became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chief Baron </ins>of the Irish <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Exchequer </ins>in 1715 and rose to the position of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chief Baron </ins>of exchequer of England in 1725.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>M. McNair, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1 Gilbert, Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 20, 2015.</ref></ins><br /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his participation </del>before 1710, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>the sections were <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ultimately </del>not published as a collection. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Some </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilbert’s </del>manuscripts <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were left </del>in Ireland, while twelve sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The section, Evidence, was already in manuscript circulation as an individual treatise in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential treatise</del>.<br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the collection involved at least two other contributors, Gilbert was instrumental in the structure, writing of text, and editing of others’ contributions. However, Gilbert discontinued <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the project </ins>before 1710 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and, ultimately</ins>, the sections were not published as a collection. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilbert left some </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his </ins>manuscripts in Ireland, while twelve <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other </ins>sections were published fragmentally as individual treatises from 1730-1763.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>Ibid</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref></ins><br /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Law of Evidence <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was originally published </del>in 1754 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">treatment of the relevant </del>law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“a </del>work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">”</del><ref>W. Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'', 3 (1825): 367., quoted in John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The section, "Evidence," was already in circulation as an individual, albeit unpublished, manuscript in 1710 and is cited as Gilbert’s most known and influential work. Proper publication of the section, as '</ins>The Law of Evidence<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'', occurred </ins>in 1754<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The treatise </ins>was expanded and republished in six more editions, significantly impacting <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">evidence </ins>law into the mid nineteenth century. It was acclaimed by Blackstone as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"a </ins>work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge without losing some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins><ref>W. Blackstone, ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'', 3 (1825): 367., quoted in John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> Gilbert’s ''Law of Evidence'' is noted for distinguishing between written and unwritten forms of evidence, which were enveloped in his principle of “the best evidence rule”.<ref>John H. Langbein, "Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources," ''Columbia Law Review'' 96, no. 5 (1996): 1172-1173.</ref> The premise of Gilbert’s principle is that secondary documentation will not be acceptable evidence when the preferred, original document is available.<br /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br />  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br />  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gilbert’s writings are indicative of Whig interpretations of law during the early eighteenth century <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and on </del>the development of the modern, legal treatise. However, the nature of publication has led some to question attribution of ''Evidence'' and other sections of the treatise to Gilbert.<ref>M. McNair, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,” Oxford University Press, 2014</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10688?docPos=1</del>.</ref>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gilbert’s writings are indicative of Whig interpretations of law during the early eighteenth century<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, as well as </ins>the development of the modern, legal treatise. However, the nature of publication has led some to question attribution of ''Evidence'' and other sections of the treatise to Gilbert.<ref>M. McNair, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Gilbert</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sir Jeffray (1674–1726)</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins></ref>  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GilbertLawOfEvidence1760Inscriptions.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscriptions, front flyleaf.</center>]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GilbertLawOfEvidence1760Inscriptions.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscriptions, front flyleaf.</center>]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the second edition (1760) of this title based on entries in the manuscript version of John Marshall's law notes. Brown also notes that Wythe cited Gilbert's ''Law of Evidence'' (multiple times) in his second argument for the plaintiff in ''[[Bolling v. Bolling]]''.<ref>''Thomas Jefferson and Bolling v. Bolling: Law and the Legal Profession in Pres-Revolutionary America'' ed. Bernard Schwartz, Barbara Wilcie Kern, R. B. Bernstein (San Marino, CA: The Huntingdon Library; New York: New York University School of Law, 1997), 294-298.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>Brown's suggestion, and purchased a copy of the 1760 edition.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, rev. May, 2014</ins>) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the second edition (1760) of this title based on entries in the manuscript version of John Marshall's law notes. Brown also notes that Wythe cited Gilbert's ''Law of Evidence'' (multiple times) in his second argument for the plaintiff in ''[[Bolling v. Bolling]]''.<ref>''Thomas Jefferson and Bolling v. Bolling: Law and the Legal Profession in Pres-Revolutionary America'' ed. Bernard Schwartz, Barbara Wilcie Kern, R. B. Bernstein (San Marino, CA: The Huntingdon Library; New York: New York University School of Law, 1997), 294-298.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion, and purchased a copy of the 1760 edition.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==</div></td></tr>
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