Samuel E ThorneSAMUEL EDMUND THORNE [1907-1994] was the Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Legal History Emeritus at Harvard Law School and one of the 20th century's most distinguished historians of English law. In addition to this work, Thorne is known for hi monumental and definitive translation of Bracton's four-volume Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England, edited by George Woodbine. Read More Read Less