The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan
by Sir John Vaughan
Sir John Vaughan (1603–1674) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1621 and called to the bar in 1630.[1] A constitutional royalist, Vaughan retired from his profession at the outbreak of the English Civil War. He subsequently returned to public life and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament from 1661 to 1668 where he developed a reputation for "silver-tongued eloquence."[2] In 1668, he was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, a position which earned him praise as "‘a really consummate common law judge."[3] Vaughan's Reports, published posthumously by his only son, mainly represent his decisions on the bench and are, with a few exceptions "distinguished for accuracy and sound learning."[4]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Sir John Vaughan.
Title: The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan, kt., Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Many Wherein He Pronounced the Resolution of the Whole Court of Common Pleas.
Publication Info: London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, 1706.
Edition: Second edition; 7, 420, [55] pages.
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Attractively rebound in half leather with raised bands, gilt designs, a leather label, and marbled paper covered boards.Purchased from Weller Book Works.
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References
- ↑ J. Gwynn Williams, "Vaughan, Sir John (1603–1674)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006, accessed 19 Sept 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ J. Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices, 3, 1857, 2.
- ↑ J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 707. See also John William Wallace, The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks, 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 334.
