James Harmon Chadbourn (born Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1905; died, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982) was an American legal scholar and an expert in civil procedure, Federal jurisdiction and evidence.

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, October 1, 1982. Accessed June 9, 2011 He was a Fessenden Professor of law at

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from 1963 until his retirement in 1974.James Chadbourn, Retried Professor, Dies of Cancer
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Education

Chadbourn received a B.A. from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1926.
He received an LL.B. from the

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School of Law in 1931.

Employment

Assistant Professor & ---,

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School of Law, 19-- - 19--
Professor,

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School of Law, 1940-1950
Professor,

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School of Law, 1950-1963
Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, 1961-1963
Fessenden Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 1963-1974

Publications

Books, treatises, casebooks & reports: Chadbourn revised seven volumes (turning them into eight) of the third edition of the classic treatise John H. Wigmore, ''Evidence in Trials at Common Law'' (3d ed. 1940). *J. Chabourn, ''Lynching and the Law'' (1933), reprinted in 2008 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd; *T. Atkinson & J. Chadbourn, ''Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure'' (1948); *T. Atkinson & J. Chadbourn, ''Introduction to Civil Procedure'' (1948); *J. Chadbourn, L. Levin & P. Shuchman, ''Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure'' (2d ed. 1974) (original edition published by Chadbourn and Levin in 1961); *R. Magill & J. Chadbourn, ''Cases and Civil Procedure Preface'' (3d ed. 1939); *J. Chadbourn & L. Levin, ''Procedure Portfolio: Pleadings, Process and Appeal Papers in Facsimile'' (1962); *J. Chadbourn, H. Grossman & A. Van Alstyne, ''California Pleading -- Civil Actions'' (1961); *J. Chadbourn, A. Van Alstyne & H. Grossman, ''California Discovery Practice'' (1972); *C. McCormick, J. Chadbourn & C. Wright, ''Cases and Materials on Federal Courts'' (6th ed. 1976) (federal courts casebook first published by McCormick and Chadbourn in 1946); *6 California Law Revision Commission Reports 39-45, 58-74, 133-69, 307-09, 328-416, 439-80, 509-25, 627-79, 727-71, 831-60, 925-50, 1049-107 (1964).

References

*Albert M. Sacks
"In Memoriam: James H. Chadbourn,"

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vol. 96 (Dec. 1982), no. 2, pp. 361–363 *Jack B. Weinstein
"In Memoriam: Writings of James H. Chadbourn,"

, vol. 96 (Dec. 1982), no. 2, pp. 364–370 *Eric Green
"In Memoriam: James H. Chadbourn,"

vol. 92 (Dec. 1982) pp. 371–373 {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadbourn, James H. 1905 births The Citadel alumni University of North Carolina School of Law alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty UCLA School of Law faculty Harvard Law School faculty 1982 deaths 20th-century American lawyers