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John Phillip Reid (NYU)
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We are very sorry to report that
John Phillip Reid, the Russell D. Niles Professor of Law Emeritus at
NYU Law, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History and the namesake of
an ASLH book award, died yesterday at the age of 91. He taught legal history at NYU for over 45 years before his retirement in 2017. His books include judicial biography and histories of the law
of the Cherokee Nation, of the American West, and of the American Revolution.
--Dan Ernst. H/t: DJH
