Herbert Broom (1815–1882) was an English writer on law.

Life

Broom was born at Kidderminster in 1815, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a wrangler in 1837.[1] He proceeded LL.D. in 1864. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Michaelmas term 1840, and practised on the home circuit. For a considerable period he occupied the post of reader of common law at the Inner Temple. He died at the Priory, Orpington, Kent, on 2 May 1882.

Legal Maxims (1845) gained wide circulation as an established text-book for students.

Works

Law books
Novels

References

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  1. ^ "Broom, Herbert (BRN832H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Broom, Herbert (1847). Practical Rules for Determining Parties to Actions: Digested and Arranged, with Cases. T. & J. W. Johnson. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ^ Broom, Herbert (1858). A Selection of Legal Maxims, classified and illustrated. William Maxwell. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ Broom, Herbert (1873). Commentaries on the Common Law: Designed as Introductory to Its Study. T. & J.W. Johnson. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ^ Broom, Herbert; Denman, George Lewis (1885). Constitutional Law Viewed in Relation to Common Law: And Exemplified by Cases. W. Maxwell & son. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ^ Broom, Herbert; Hadley, Edward Alfred; Blackstone, Sir William (1875). Commentaries on the Laws of England. John D. Parsons, Jr. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ^ Broom, Herbert (1876). The Philosophy of Law: Being Notes of Lectures Delivered During Twenty-three Years (1852-1875) in the Inner Temple Hall, London. Baker, Voorhis & Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

"Broom, Herbert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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