Simon Greenleaf (December 5, 1783 - October 6, 1853), American jurist, was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was born to Jewish parents, although he later considered himself to be agnostic before studying the Gospels. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... JURIST is an online legal news and research service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, edited by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than 20 law students. ... Seal of Newburyport, MA Newburyport is a small coastal city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

When a child he was taken by his father to Maine, where he studied law, and in 1806 began to practise at Standish. He soon removed to Gray, where he practised for twelve years, and in 1808 removed to Portland. Greenleaf's political preferences were aligned with the Federalist party, and in 1816 he was an unsuccessful candidate for that party in Cumberland County for the Senate. He was reporter of the supreme court of Maine from 1820 to 1832, and published nine volumes of Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Maine (1822-1835). State nickname: The Pine Tree State Official languages None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci (D) Senators Olympia Snowe (R) Susan Collins (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 39th 86,542 km² 13. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Standish is a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. ... Gray is a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. ... Motto: Nickname: Founded 1786 Incorporated County Cumberland County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Jim Cohen Area  - Total  - Water 136. ...

In 1833 he became Royall professor, and in 1846 succeeded Judge Joseph Story as Dane professor of law in Harvard University. Greenleaf was one of the principal founders of the Harvard Law School. He was retained as chief counsel by the Warren Bridge group in the US Supreme Court case Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, where the case laid down the rule that public contracts must be construed in favor of states. 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... American jurist Joseph Story Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 - September 10, 1845), American jurist, was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...

In 1848, Greenleaf retired from his active duties, and became professor emeritus. After being for many years president of the Massachusetts Bible Society, he died at Cambridge, Mass. Greenleaf's work a Treatise on the Law of Evidence is considered a classic of American jurisprudence. Greenleaf prepared the original constitution of the Colony of Liberia. Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ...

Greenleaf is often cited by Christians because he set out to disprove the Biblical testimony concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ and subsequently became a Christian. [1] His work Testimony of the Evangelist is a often cited Christian apologetic work. Christian Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense (apologetics) of Christianity. ...

Greenleaf's principal work is a Treatise on the Law of Evidence (15 vols., 1842-1853). He also published A Full Collection of Cases Overruled, Denied, Doubted, or Limited in their Application, taken from American and English Reports (1821), and Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence administered in the Courts of Justice, with an account of the Trial of Jesus (1846; London, 1847). He revised for the American courts William Cruise's Digest of Laws respecting Real Property (3 vols., 1849-1850).

In 1980 a law school opened in Anaheim, California that was named in his honor, The Simon Greenleaf School of Law. This school was founded by the Evangelical theologian-lawyer John Warwick Montgomery. From 1980-88 the law school published a journal named The Simon Greenleaf Law Review. In 1997 the law school became part of Trinity University International. This article needs to be wikified. ...

Reference

• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

• John Warwick Montgomery, "Simon Greenleaf," Eternity magazine, November 1986, p. 21.

• "Simon Greenleaf," in Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 4, Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone, eds. New York: Charles Scribners, pp 583-584.

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External links

Simon Greenleaf's Testimony of the Evangelists