Sir Percy Henry Winfield (16 September 1878 – 7 July 1953) was

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between 1928 and 1943."Obituary" (1953
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The Law Journal 466 (17 July 1953) He was born at

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. He died at his home at 13 Cranmer Road in

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. He was married to Lady Helena Winfield, ''née'' Scruby (1887 - 1954). He was a fellow of

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Works

He was the author of *''The History of Conspiracy and Abuse of Legal Procedure''. 1921. *''The Present Law of Abuse of Legal Procedure''. 1921. *''

The Chief Sources of English Legal History ''The Chief Sources of English Legal History'' is a book written by Percy Henry Winfield and published, with an introduction by Roscoe Pound, by Harvard University Press in 1925. It is "bright and lively", "eminently readable", "admirable", and of ...

''. 1925. *''The Principles of International Law''. By T J Lawrence. 7th Ed: 1923. Reprinted 1930, 1931. *''A Handbook of Public International Law''. By T J Lawrence. 10th Ed: 1925. Reprinted 1927, 1930. *''The Province of the Law of Tort''. 1931. (Tagore Lectures). *''A Text-Book of the Law of Tort''. 1937. 2nd Ed: 1943. 3rd Ed: 1946. 4th Ed: 1948. 5th Ed: 1950. ometimes cited as "A Text-Book on the Law of Tort."This book was subsequently edited by others and published under the title Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort. *''Cases on the Law of Tort''. 1938. 2nd Ed: 1941. 3rd Ed: 1945. 4th Ed: 1948. *''Restatement of the Law of Torts, Volume III''. Contemporary Law Pamphlets, Series 1, Number 23. 1939. *''Restatement of the Law of Torts, Volume IV''. Contemporary Law Pamphlets, Series 1, Number 31. 1941. *''The Foundations & the Future of International Law''. 1941. Sometimes cited as "The Foundations and the Future of International Law". This book is number 8 in the Current Problems series. *''The Principles of Contract''. 11th Ed: 1942. ''Pollock's Principles of Contract''. 12th Ed: 1946. 13th Ed: 1950. *''Jenks' English Civil Law''. 4th Ed: 1947. Some reviewers call Winfield the editor in chief. *''The Law of Quasi-Contracts''. 1952. This monograph has been described as "excellent". *''Select Legal Essays''. 1952.For reviews of this book, see "Book Reviews" 39
Cornell Law Quarterly 185; "Reviews" (1953
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The Law Times 160 (27 March 1953); "Reviews" (1953
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The Solicitors' Journal 145 (28 February 1953); "Reviews" (1953
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Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 143 (16 May 1953); "New Books" in "Reviews" (1953
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Law Notes 75 (March 1953); "Reviews", The Solicitor
May 1953
p 130; Gerhard Erdsiek, "Literatur" (1957
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Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 56
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Gilbert D Kennedy (1954) 10 University of Toronto Law Journal 313 (No 2
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Glanville Williams (1953) 16 Modern Law Review 403 (July 1953
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British Book News
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The Law Journal 835. He was author, with Sir John William Salmond, of ''Principles of the Law of Contracts'' (1927). He was editor, with John Salmond (judge)">Sir John William Salmond, of ''Principles of the Law of Contracts'' (1927). He was editor, with Arnold Duncan McNair, of ''Cambridge Legal Essays'' (1926). He contributed the preface to ''Penal Reform In England'' (1941. 2nd Ed: 1946.) by Leon Radzinowicz">Radzinowicz and Turner.

References

Sources

*Donal Nolan. "Professor Sir Percy Winfield (1878-1953)". James Goudkamp and Donal Nolan (eds). Scholars of Tort Law. Hart Publishing. 2019. Chapter 6. Page
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to 201. * *Jones, Gareth H. "Winfield, Sir Percy Henry". In A. W. B. Simpson. Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law. Butterworths. 1984. pp. 545 – 546. *The Times. 16 July 1953. *Connecticut Bar Journal. Volume 27. Connecticut Bar Association. 1953. Page 391. *"Sir Percy Winfield" in "Obituary" (1953
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The Law Times 386 (24 July 1953) *"The Late Professor Winfield" (1953
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The Solicitors' Journal 496 (18 July 1953)

External links

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