Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 1st Baronet
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died March 11, 1894, Ipswich, Suffolk
British legal historian and judge.
His
General View of the Criminal Law of England (1863) was the first attempt to explain the principles of English law since the work of William Blackstone. As a member of the British viceroy's council in India (1869–72), he helped codify and reform
Indian law. He later taught at the
Inns of Court (1875–79) and served as a judge of the High Court of Justice (1879–91). His Indictable Offenses Bill, though never enacted, greatly influenced the reformation of criminal law in English-speaking countries.
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▪ British law scholar
born March 3, 1829, London
died March 11, 1894, Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng.
British legal historian, Anglo-Indian administrator, judge, and author noted for his criminal-law (
criminal law) reform proposals. His Indictable Offences Bill (late 1870s), though never enacted in Great Britain, has continued to influence attempts to recast the criminal law of Commonwealth nations and other English-speaking countries.
An older brother of the literary critic Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir James practiced law from 1854 and contributed articles on a wide range of topics to various periodicals, especially the
Pall Mall Gazette. His
General View of the Criminal Law of England (1863) was the first attempt after Sir William Blackstone's
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69) to state systematically the principles of English criminal jurisprudence. Even more ambitious was his
History of the Criminal Law of England (1883), an impressive work despite his dogmatism and occasionally uncritical use of sources.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873) elaborated his antidemocratic political philosophy in reply to John Stuart Mill's
On Liberty (1859).
As the member of the British viceroy's council in India (1869–72) responsible for legal matters, Stephen devoted himself to the codification and reform of Indian law. Subsequently he prepared digests of the English law of evidence (1876) and criminal law (1877). Political opposition prevented the introduction of his Indictable Offences Bill (actually a comprehensive criminal code) in the House of Commons. From 1879 to 1891 he was a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the English court system. In 1891 he was created a baronet.
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