About the Author
William Draper Lewis, (1867-1949,) was dean of Penn Law School from 1896 to 1914, and served as founding Director of the American Law Institute. He received a B.S. from Haverford College, and a LL.B. and Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania. During his student years, Lewis lectured at Haverford College on economics and at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School on legal historical institutions. In 1892 he became editor of the American Law Register, one of the oldest legal periodicals of the time.
