Roscoe Pound

He wrote "Spurious Interpretation" in 1907 Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence in 1914 The Spirit of the Common Law in 1921 Law and Morals in 1924 and Criminal Justice in America in 1930. It is still in existence. In 1929 President Herbert Hoover appointed Pound as one of the eleven primary members of the Wickersham Commission on issues relating to law enforcement criminal activity police brutality and Prohibition.

The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27 1870 – June 30 1964) was a distinguiRoscoe Poundd American legal scholar and educator.