Edwin Borchard
Edwin Borchard · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Yale scholar who fathered the declaratory judgment in American law
1884, New York City, United States — 1951, United States
United States
Edwin Borchard is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Yale scholar who fathered the declaratory judgment in American law
Edwin Borchard was an American international-law scholar and Sterling Professor at Yale Law School whose advocacy fathered the declaratory judgment in American law, culminating in the federal Declaratory Judgment Act of 1934. He also pioneered the study of wrongful convictions with his book 'Convicting the Innocent'. He was born to a Jewish family in New York City.
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Yale scholar who fathered the declaratory judgment in American law
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish authorship among the 100 most-cited law review articles
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