James Fitzjames Stephen

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James Fitzjames Stephen was a 19th-century English judge, legal historian, and writer known for his influential works on criminal law and evidence.

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James Fitzjames Stephen canonical 7
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen 5

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instanceOf judge ⓘ
legal historian ⓘ
person ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1829-03-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Kensington, London, England ⓘ
child James Kenneth Stephen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfKnighthood 1879 ⓘ
deathDate 1894-03-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Ipswich, Suffolk, England ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
familyName Stephen ⓘ
father James Stephen ⓘ
fieldOfWork criminal law ⓘ
law of evidence ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
fullName Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
knownFor contributions to the law of evidence ⓘ
influencing codification of criminal law in India ⓘ
systematizing English criminal law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy critic of John Stuart Mill's liberalism ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
mother Jane Catherine Venn ⓘ
movement Victorian legal reform ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork A General View of the Criminal Law of England ⓘ
Digest of the Law of Evidence ⓘ
History of the Criminal Law of England ⓘ
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
judge ⓘ
legal historian ⓘ
legal writer ⓘ
positionHeld Judge of the High Court of Justice ⓘ
Justice of the Queen's Bench Division ⓘ
Legal Member of the Viceroy's Council in India ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sibling Leslie Stephen ⓘ
spouse Mary Richenda Cunningham ⓘ
workedIn British India ⓘ
England ⓘ

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Leslie Stephen → sibling → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
Eyre controversy in Britain → involvesPerson → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
James Fitzjames Stephen → fullName → Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
linked to: James Fitzjames Stephen
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 → drafter → Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
subject linked to: Indian Evidence Act 1872
linked to: James Fitzjames Stephen
Stephen family → hasNotableMember → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
Stephen family → hasAncestor → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
James Kenneth Stephen → father → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
Mary Richenda Cunningham → spouse → Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
linked to: James Fitzjames Stephen
Mary Richenda Cunningham → marriedTo → Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
linked to: James Fitzjames Stephen
Mary Richenda Cunningham → spouseFullName → Sir James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
linked to: James Fitzjames Stephen
Stephen → hasNotableBearer → James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ