‘Dear Rufus…’: A Law Student’s Life at McGill in the Roaring Twenties from the Letters of John P. Humphrey

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‘Dear Rufus…’: A Law Student’s Life at McGill in the Roaring Twenties from the Letters of John P. Humphrey
Abstract
John P. Humphrey (1905-1995) was the author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a McGill professor of law for many years. This article focuses on Humphrey’s undergraduate years at McGill, based on a regular correspondence he kept up with his sister, Ruth. The author points out that the letters represent a first hand glimpse of the academic and social life at the University in the 1920s. Humphrey outlined the trials and tribulations faced by law students, and of his social circle off campus, based largely around the congregation of the Erskine and American Church.
Publication
McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill
Volume
Vol. 44
Issue
no. 3
Pages
753-778
Date
1999
Language
en
Citation
Hobbins, Alan J. “‘Dear Rufus…’: A Law Student’s Life at McGill in the Roaring Twenties from the Letters of John P. Humphrey.” McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill Vol. 44, no. 3 (1999): 753–778.
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