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Edward Allan Farnsworth (June 30, 1928 – January 31, 2005) was one of America's most renowned legal scholars on contracts. His writings were standard reference in courtrooms and law schools. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he received a bachelors in Applied Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1948 and a masters in Physics from Yale University in 1949. He earned his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1952. After serving in the U.S. Air Force JAG and briefly working in private practice, he began teaching at Columbia Law. Starting his career as the school's youngest professor, Farnsworth taught for over 50 years. A leading scholar, Farnsworth invested ten years as reporter for the influential 1981 Restatement (Second) of Contracts stabilizing a fluid area of American law. His "Farnsworth on Contracts" is among the most heavily referenced texts on contract law. In January 2005, Prof. Farnsworth died in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 76. ==Bibliography== * * * United States Contract Law - 1991 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. Allan Farnsworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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