Roscoe Pound

Roscoe Pound was an American botanist, university teacher, writer and jurist (1870–1964). He was born at Lincoln and died at Cambridge.

Also recorded as Nathan Roscoe Pound; Pound.

Roscoe Pound in brief

Born
1870
Died
1964
Known for
botanist, university teacher, writer and jurist
Place of birth
Lincoln
Contents

Formation and teaching

Roscoe Pound studied at University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Harvard University. His recorded influences include Louis Brandeis.

Career and activity

Roscoe Pound worked in botany, jurisprudence and law and society.

He was employed by Harvard University and University of Chicago. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Japan Academy.

Catalogued works

37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Legal Rights. Phytogeography of Nebraska. 1. General survey by Roscoe Pound and Frederic E. Clements. Law and Morals. The develpoment of constitutional guaranntees of liberty. Development of constitutional guarantess of liberty. Criminal Justice In America. Lectures on the Philosophy of Freemasonry. Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence. Sponsor. Path of the Freemasons. Spirit of the Common Law. Justice according to law (Green foundation lectures). Administrative Law. Future of the Criminal Law. Phytogeography of Nebraska. Criminal Justice in the American City - a Summary. Organization of Courts. Maxims. Kingdom of Evils. The spirit of the common law (Beacon series in classics of the law) (Beacon series in classics of the law). Introduction to the Philosophy of Law. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES OF LIBERTY. The lawyer from antiquity to modern times. Contemporary juristic theory. Labor unions and the concept of public service. The Development of Constitutional Guarantees of Liberty (Classic Reprint). Legal immunities of labor unions. The Task of Law. Decadence of Equity. Readings in Roman Law. Readings on the History and System of the Common Law. Law finding through experience and reason, three lectures. The Development of Constitutional Guarantees of Liberty. Justice according to law. The formative era of American law. Roscoe Pound and criminal justice. The open mind : Elmer Ernest Southard, 1876-1920 / by Frederick P. Gay ; with an introduction by Roscoe Pound., dated 1938, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Address: Roscoe Pound, Harvard, Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Philosophy, 1927. Pound, Roscoe (1870-1964), lawyer and law professor, American National Biography Online, 2000. Pound, Roscoe (1870–1964), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 2008. Ο νομικός ρεαλισμός στο έργο του Roscoe Pound. Pound, Roscoe, (27 Oct. 1870–1 July 1964), University Professor Emeritus, Harvard, Who Was Who, 2007. Prawo jako narzędzie inżynierii społecznej w filozofii prawa Roscoe Pounda, Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2019. Roscoe Pound e la concezione teleologica del diritto: tra giuridicità e metagiuridicità, Democrazia e Diritti Sociali, 2023. Analisis Implementasi Nilai-Nilai Budaya Hukum dalam Kehidupan Berbangsa dan Bernegara: Studi Kritis Pendekatan Masyarakat, Budaya dan Hukum, Krtha Bhayangkara, 2022. Jurisprudência sociológica transatlântica?, Revista Jurídica da Ufersa, 2025. ANALISIS SOSIOLOGI HUKUM TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN KENAIKAN PAJAK DAERAH DALAM PERSPEKTIF ROSCOE POUND, Journal Presumption of Law, 2026. La place et la finalité de la théorie du droit sociologique (1911), Clio@Themis, 2021. Participation of Society In Decision-Making By Government In Industrial Revolution 4.0, E3S Web of Conferences, 2019. Reseña de "Derecho, intereses y civilización. El pensamiento Jurídico de Roscoe Pound" de Leopoldo García Ruiz, Díkaion, 2004.

Digitised editions and texts

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

The future of the criminal law (1921) — Internet Archive. Summary Of American Law (1947) — Internet Archive. The Spirit of The Common Law (1921) — Internet Archive. THE CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND MODERN LIFE (1928) — Internet Archive. The Formative Era of american Law (1938) — Internet Archive. The develpoment of constitutional guaranntees of liberty (1957) — Internet Archive. Maxims: being part 1 of the maxims of equity (1921) — Internet Archive. jurisprudence (1959) — Internet Archive. Law and Morals (1926) — Internet Archive. the self-pronouncing law dictionary, second students edition (1948) — Internet Archive. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Roscoe Pound studied at University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Harvard University. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is botany, jurisprudence and law and society. Louis Brandeis is recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University and University of Chicago. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Japan Academy.

Chronology

  1. 1870Roscoe Pound born at Lincoln.
  2. 1921The future of the criminal law digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1921The Spirit of The Common Law digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1928THE CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND MODERN LIFE digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1938The Formative Era of american Law digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1947Summary Of American Law digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1957The develpoment of constitutional guaranntees of liberty digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1964Roscoe Pound died at Cambridge.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Roscoe Pound”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1149723: Roscoe Pound

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