Lewis Naphtali Dembitz
Lewis N. Dembitz | |
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| Born | February 3, 1833 |
| Died | March 11, 1907 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Legal scholar |
Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (February 3, 1833 – March 11, 1907) was a
Born into a
Politically active, Dembitz was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention, assistant city attorney of Louisville, 1884–1888, and was a commissioner for Kentucky to the Conference for the Uniformity of State Laws. In 1888, Dembitz drafted the first Australian ballot law ever adopted in the United States, to govern elections in Louisville. His legal works include: Kentucky Jurisprudence, 1890; Law Language for Shorthand Writers, 1892; and Land Titles in the United States, 2 vols., 1895. He is the author of "The Question of Silver Coinage," in the Present Problem Series, 1896, No. 1; and has written a number of book-reviews for The Nation, 1888–97, besides articles in other magazines and in newspapers.
Dembitz was strongly attached to conservative Judaism. He was one of the early members of the executive board of the
References
- ISBN 978-0307378583.
- ISBN 9780813117720.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1903). "DEMBITZ, LEWIS NAPHTALI". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 511-2.
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