John Henry Merryman (1920-2015) was an American legal scholar at Stanford Law School regarded as a founder of art law as a legal discipline in the United States and a leading figure in comparative law. His book The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America (1969) became a standard English-language introduction to the civil law world, and he also co-wrote The Italian Legal System (1967) and founded the International Journal of Cultural Property in 1992.
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Why is John Henry Merryman called a founder of art law?
He taught the first course of its kind in 1971 at Stanford Law School and helped build art law as a field.
Merryman was a comparative law scholar at Stanford Law School who turned to the law of the visual arts. Stanford's own remembrance says he taught the course in 1971, the first of its kind, and that the art historian Albert Elsen collaborated and co-taught with him. That early teaching is why he is regarded as a founder of art law as a legal discipline in the United States, alongside his standing as the author of The Civil Law Tradition.
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John Henry Merryman (February 25, 1920 - August 3, 2015) was an American legal scholar known for his work in comparative law and art law.
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John Henry Merryman (February 25, 1920 - August 3, 2015) was an American legal scholar known for his work in comparative law and art law. He was remembered as "one of the most influential academics in the field of art and law." He was the author of approximately 25 books and 200 scholarly articles. Merryman was a professor at Stanford Law School where he held the Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professorship of Law.
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Wikidata Q21607569, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1920
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P569 (date of birth): 1920-02-25
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P570 (date of death): 2015
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P570 (date of death): 2015-08-03
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P19 (place of birth): Portland
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P20 (place of death): Menlo Park
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