George Lee Haskins

George Lee Haskins (1915-1991) was Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He wrote more than 80 articles and authored several books, including his magisterial Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts (1960). Earlier, Haskins authored Estates Arising From the Marriage Relationship and Their Characteristics (1952), The Growth of English Representative Government (1948), and The Statute of York and the Interest of the Commons (1935), and he co...See more

George Lee Haskins (1915-1991) was Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He wrote more than 80 articles and authored several books, including his magisterial Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts (1960). Earlier, Haskins authored Estates Arising From the Marriage Relationship and Their Characteristics (1952), The Growth of English Representative Government (1948), and The Statute of York and the Interest of the Commons (1935), and he co-authored the Pennsylvania Fiduciary Guide (1957). See less