Samuel E. Thorne

Samuel Edmund Thorne (October 14, 1907 – April 7, 1994) was an American legal historian. The editor of many English legal manuscripts, he is best known for his edition of Bracton's De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, generally considered to be the definitive one. A festchrift in his honor, On the Laws and Customs of England : Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne, was published in 1981.

Samuel E. Thorne

Samuel Edmund Thorne (October 14, 1907 – April 7, 1994) was an American legal historian. The editor of many English legal manuscripts, he is best known for his edition of Bracton's De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, generally considered to be the definitive one. A festchrift in his honor, On the Laws and Customs of England : Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne, was published in 1981.