Edward W. Hinton


Edward W. Hinton was the James Parker Hall Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1931 to 1936. Hinton was a scholar of evidence and civil procedure and published an early casebook on pleading standards. Before becoming a law professor, Hinton practiced law in Missouri and lectured at the University of Missouri Law School.
The University of Chicago Law School's moot court competition is named after Professor Hinton.

Books

Cases on Code Pleading ; ;.Cases on Trial Practice ;.Cases on Evidence ;.Cases on Common Law Pleading .Cases on Equity Pleading.Lectures on the Illinois Civil Practice Act.

Articles

  • Some Problems in Hearsay and Relevancy in Missouri, iS Law Ser. Mo. B. 3-14.
  • Equitable Defenses under Modern Codes, 18 Mich. L. Rev. 717-35.
  • Substituted Service on Non-Residents, 59 Am. L. Rev. 592–601, 20 Inl. L. Rev. z-8.
  • An American Experiment with the English Rules of Court, 20 Iil. L. Rev. 533-45.
  • Court Rules for the Regulation of Procedure in the Federal Courts, 13 A.B.A. J. 8.
  • Arbitration by Jury, 6 Wash. L. Rev. 155-65.
  • States of Mind and the Hearsay Rule, i Univ. Chi. L. Rev. 394-423.
  • Pleading under the Illinois Civil Practice Act, i Univ. Chi. L. Rev. 580-92.
  • Changes in the Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule, 29 Ill. L. Rev. 422-47