Ferdinand Stone
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Professor Ferdinand Fairfax Stone (December 12, 1908 – June 10, 1989) was a longtime law professor at the Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans and an expert in comparative law
. A native of Urbana, Ohio
, he graduated from Ohio State University
, where he obtained both a bachelor's and master's degree before attending Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar. He obtained two bachelor's and one master's degrees from Oxford, as well as a doctorate from Yale University
.
Stone was the author of many books and articles in comparative law in French and English. One of his textbooks on American law was the first published in French.
Stone was an expert on, and a prolific writer of, the law of Torts.
In addition to his teaching duties, while an active member of Tulane's faculty from 1937 to 1978, as a visiting professor in other institutions and as the W. R. Irby Professor Emeritus after retiring, in 1949 he founded and headed until 1979 Tulane's Institute of Comparative Law, served on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law, a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and a director of the Society for Comparative Study of Law.
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...
. A native of Urbana, Ohio
Urbana, Ohio
Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, west of Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army. Urbana was named after the town of Urbanna, Virginia. It is the burial-place of the Indian fighter...
, he graduated from Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, where he obtained both a bachelor's and master's degree before attending Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar. He obtained two bachelor's and one master's degrees from Oxford, as well as a doctorate from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
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Stone was the author of many books and articles in comparative law in French and English. One of his textbooks on American law was the first published in French.
Stone was an expert on, and a prolific writer of, the law of Torts.
In addition to his teaching duties, while an active member of Tulane's faculty from 1937 to 1978, as a visiting professor in other institutions and as the W. R. Irby Professor Emeritus after retiring, in 1949 he founded and headed until 1979 Tulane's Institute of Comparative Law, served on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law, a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and a director of the Society for Comparative Study of Law.
Honors and recognitions
- Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University
- Sterling Fellow, Yale University
- W. R. Irby Professor Emeritus, Tulane University
- Ferdinand Fairfax Stone Scholarship, Tulane University School of Law
- Ferdinand F. Stone Graduate Fellowship, Tulane University