The 100 Most Influential People in the History of Law

[vcczar]

I'm reading a new book called The Legal 100, which ranks the most influential people in law. 

[vcczar]

@Dobs What is your "other"?

[Dobs]

3 minutes ago, vcczar said:

@Dobs What is your "other"?

That this is a good list for most influential people in the history of Western (or perhaps Common) law. I'd expand beyond just "US law", but it's definitely anglo-centric. It also doesn't really include Napoleonic French stuff

[vcczar]

24 minutes ago, Dobs said:

That this is a good list for most influential people in the history of Western (or perhaps Common) law. I'd expand beyond just "US law", but it's definitely anglo-centric. It also doesn't really include Napoleonic French stuff

It includes Napoleon and Livingston, the latter who was influential in the Louisiana Civil Code, which uses the Napoleonic Code. 

[Dobs]

9 minutes ago, vcczar said:

It includes Napoleon and Livingston, the latter who was influential in the Louisiana Civil Code, which uses the Napoleonic Code. 

2%

[vcczar]

16 minutes ago, Dobs said:

2%

If the focus is the law in the US, which it seems like it is to me, then 2% would make since, considering Louisiana is the only state that uses the Napoleonic Code.

[MrPotatoTed]

My “other” was simply that I have no idea if they nailed the 100 most influential folks on this topic or not, having done no research into the topic myself.

Also, I feel confident the only reason most of us know some of these names is from AMPU. ;c)

[vcczar]

22 minutes ago, Patine said:

Despite the barbed edge of Number 6, there is a glaring flaw to the poll, and Number 5 doesn't allow one to address it. 

Check "other"

[vcczar]

21 minutes ago, Patine said:

Well then, fair enough. I'll take this poll once Number 6 is removed.

Ok, I removed #6.

[MrPotatoTed]

Wait...I might either be skimming past it or simply be wrong/dumb...but where is Hammurabi?  I thought Hammurabi's Code of Laws was like the first set of written laws that we know of, creating the framework for all future laws.  Or something like that.

[Pringles]

8 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said:

Wait...I might either be skimming past it or simply be wrong/dumb...but where is Hammurabi?  I thought Hammurabi's Code of Laws was like the first set of written laws that we know of, creating the framework for all future laws.  Or something like that.

Yeah he's on here. Must've missed him... he's the guy who should definitely be on any list though lmao... 100% agree. 

Edited October 31, 2021 by Pringles

[Timur]

I was like, where is Moses?

[Timur]

2 minutes ago, Patine said:

And Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Krishna, Gautama Buddha, and Confucious, for that matter?

Also, Shang Yang and Han Fei might go in here...

[MrPotatoTed]

I assume the reason some of the religious figures weren’t included is historical dispute over whether they really existed and/or did the things they’re credited with doing?

Admittedly, I’m not well versed in who some of those figures are so it might not apply to at least some of them.

[vcczar]

1 hour ago, MrPotatoTed said:

I assume the reason some of the religious figures weren’t included is historical dispute over whether they really existed and/or did the things they’re credited with doing?

Admittedly, I’m not well versed in who some of those figures are so it might not apply to at least some of them.

Yeah, this ranking list is unusual in that there's more than 10 people out of 100 that I've never heard of. 

[Cal]

Good to see Cardozo on here. He's by far the legal figure that we have studied the most so far in law school which surprised he a lot. His decisions in the New York Court of Appeals (a lower court) are often used to illustrate the basis for much of modern tort law despite the fact that it came well before the enunciation of such law federally. He was a trendsetter and incredibly respected across partisan lines. 

In AMPU terms, he definitely deserves Jurisprudence.