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GRAVESON, Professor Ronald Harry (1911-1991)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP39

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: GRAVESON, Professor Ronald Harry (1911-1991)

Date(s): Created 1923-1988

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 40 boxes or 0.40m3

Name of creator(s): Graveson | Ronald Harry | 1911-1991 | Professor of Law

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 2 Oct 1911; educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield; Bachelor of Laws (LLB Honours), 1932, and Master of Laws (LLM), 1933, University of Sheffield; Gregory Scholar in International Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934; awarded Harvard Doctorate of Juristic Science, 1936; Assistant Lecturer, King's College London, 1938; served with the Royal Army Service Corps, 1940-1946; PhD (Laws), University of London, 1941; called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, 1945; Reader in English Law, University College London, 1946-1947; Professor of Law, King's College London, 1947-1974; LLD, University of London, 1951; Dean of the Faculty of Laws, University of London, 1951-1954, 1972-1974; Dean of the Faculty of Laws, King's College London, 1951-1970; LLD, University of Sheffield, 1955; Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn, 1965; Queen's Counsel, 1966; Commander of the Order of the British Empire, (CBE), 1972; Professor of Private International Law, King's College London, 1974-1978; retired, 1978, Professor Emeritus of Private International Law; died 5 January 1991.

Publications: Examination note-book of the English legal system, including a history of judicial institutions (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1939); The conflict of laws (Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons, London, 1948) (7th edition, 1974); Cases on the conflict of laws (Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons, London, 1949); Status in the common law (Athlone Press, London, 1953); A century of family law (1857-1957) with Francis Roger Crane (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1957); The comparative evolution of principles of the conflict of laws in England and the USA (1960); Comparative aspects of the general principles of private international law (1963); Law: an outline for the intending student (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1967); The Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967 with E. J. Cohn and Diana Graveson (Butterworths, London, 1968); Problems of private international law in non-unified legal systems (1975); One law: on jurisprudence and the unification of law (North-Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam, Oxford, 1977); Comparative conflict of laws (North-Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam, Oxford, 1977); general editor of Problems in private international law (1977).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1929-1988, containing articles relating to law by Graveson, correspondence with academic institutions and publishers concerning Graveson's articles, reviews by Graveson of others' work, texts of lectures and addresses given by Graveson, contributions to various law committees and law conferences, Graveson's notes taken as a law student, and papers of the Commonwealth-American Legal Studies course, 1959-1965. Printed material, 1923-1977, including books and articles by Graveson, and law reviews, journals and periodicals collected by him, many relating to legal education. Theses, 1935-[1957], containing various drafts and manuscripts of Graveson's theses, including chapters written by Graveson for A century of family law (1857-1957) with Francis Roger Crane (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1957).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in three main sections: 'Law Papers', 'Printed Material', and 'Theses'. 'Printed Material' is further sub-divided into 'Text Books' and 'Other Publications', and 'Other Publications' into 'Legal Education' and 'Others'.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College, London.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available in the reading room of the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by the Graveson family via the School of Law, 1992.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Book reviews | Literary criticism | Literature
Higher education | Educational levels
Legal education | Vocational education
Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Theses | Written examinations | Examinations | Student evaluation | Educational evaluation
Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
Legal profession

Personal names
Crane | Francis Roger | b 1910 | Professor of Law
Graveson | Ronald Harry | 1911-1991 | Professor of Law

Corporate names
King's College London

Places