William & Mary, Wolf Law Library
Wolf Law Library
College of William & Mary
P.O. Box 8795
613 S. Henry St.
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Primary Collecting Areas:
William & Mary Law School documents and publications; Virginia legal
materials; rare books and documents related to George Wythe and his library
Description:
From the first printed edition of the earliest English law treatise to
presentation volumes inscribed by some of the greatest legal scholars of
the twentieth century, the Wolf Law Library's Special Collections includes
the Institutes of Justinian, foundational works of the American judicial
system, and a re-creation of the library of George Wythe, America's first
law professor.
It encompasses a broad range of formats, including a pleading prepared and
signed by Wythe in 1746, a piece of the "Charter Oak", and the family Bible
of Chief Justice John Marshall.
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