Clarence Gabriel Moran

Clarence Gabriel Moran (d. 15 May 1953), barrister and writer,[1] was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he obtained a third in Mods in 1897, and graduated BA in 1899 (in the second class in History).[2] He obtained a first class pass in Roman law in the Trinity Bar Examinations, 1901.[3] He became a barrister of the Inner Temple in January 1902.[2][4] He was an examiner of the court, empowered to take examination of witnesses in all Divisions of the High Court.[5] He was assistant deputy coroner for the South London District from 1927.[6] He is said to have been "well known"[7] and "noteworthy".[1]

Reports

Moran was a law reporter.[8] He was sub editor of the Law Journal Reports, Chancery Division.[9] He reported Divisional Court, civil paper cases and parliamentary and municipal registration appeals cases for the Justice of the Peace Reports,[10] and House of Lords cases for the Law Times Reports.[11] He reported cases for the Times Law Reports.[12]

Books and articles

Moran was joint author, with Herbert Walter Rowsell of A Guide to the Law of Betting, Civil & Criminal published in 1911 by Butterworth and Co.[13]

Moran was also author of:

  • The Business of Advertising (Meuthen, London, 1905, part of the "Books on Business" series)[14]
  • The Alphabet of the National Insurance Act, 1911 (Meuthen, London, 1912)[15]
  • The Boarding House Proprietor and His Guest (W Paterson, Salford, Manchester, 1925)[16]

The Heralds of the Law

Moran was also author of The Heralds of the Law,[17] a book on the subject of law reports, published in 1948 by Stevens and Sons Ltd in London, and by the Carswell Company Limited in Toronto. Its content includes material previously published in a series of articles in The Law Times from 1946 to 1947.[18][19][20][21] This book was reprinted by Gaunt in 1996 in Holmes Beach, Florida.[22] The periodical articles reprinted in this book are said to be "important and instructive".[23] The book is popular[24] has been called "delightful",[25] "illuminating"[26] and "well written".[27]

Of the articles reprinted in this book: Moran's article "Law Reporting: The Headnote" has been described as "erudite".[28] An abridged version of "Two Great Elizabethan Reporters"[29] was published in Case and Comment.[30]

References
  • "Morgan, Clarence G." sic WorldCat.
  • University of Oxford. Oxford University Calendar. J H Parker and H Slatter. 1901. Page 361. Google Books.
  • "Regulation of Advertisements". Newspaper World and Advertising Review. 1930. Issues 1695-1720. Page 26. Google Books.
  1. "C. G. Moran" in "Obituary" (1953) 215 The Law Times 283
  2. "Moran, Clarence Gabriel". Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. Part 1. Page 427. Google Books.
  3. (1901) 23 Law Students' Journal 176 Google Books. As to the outcome of his final examination, see (1903) Law Journal 40 Google Books.
  4. "Moran, Clarence Gabriel", The Law List, Stevens, 1948, p 256, Google Books. (1902) 37 Weekly Notes 45 Google Books.
  5. Hazell's Annual, 1918 p 283 , 1920 p 296 , 1921 p 300 . Whitaker's Almanac, 1907 p 179 , 1908 p 185 , 1911 p 203 , 1913 p 227 , 1916 p 239, , 1918 p 247 , 1921 p 268 , 1922 p 279 , 1953 p 451 . (1924) 59 Law Journal 97 [appointed from 4 February 1924 to 4 February 1929] , (1929) 67 Law Journal 114 (9 February) , (1929) 167 Law Times 121 [re-appointed until 4 February 1934].
  6. (1927) 91 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 436 Google Books; (1927) 71 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 461 (11 June) Google Books.
  7. "Headnotes" (1947) 111 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 82 Google Books
  8. Ayelet Ben-Yishai. Truthful Precedents: Law Reports, the Realist Novel, and the Question of Fictionality. University of California, Berkeley. 2005. Page 76. Google Books
  9. (1938) Law Journal Reports (New Series), Chancery Division, title page Google Books
  10. (1908) 72 Justice of the Peace Reports Google Books; (1916) 80 Justice of the Peace Reports Google Books.
  11. (1941) 163 Law Times Reports iii, 42 and 231
  12. (1939) 56 The Times Law Reports 658 and 790
  13. For a copy of this book, see Google Books. For reviews of this book see the (1911) 131 Law Times 343 Google Books; (1911) 73 The Economist 531 Google Books; (1911) 46 Law Journal 567 Google Books; (1911) 5 Queensland Justice of the Peace and Local Authorities' Journal 112 ; "The Law of Betting" in "Reviews" (1911) 55 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 682 (29 July) ; (1911-1912) 37 Law Magazine and Review 124 ; and (1911) 30 Law Notes 287 .
  14. For a copy of this book, see Google Books. For reviews of this book, see "The Business of Advertising" (1906) Common Sense, vols 6-7, p 15 ; (1905) 53 Printers' Ink 42 (Issue 10) ; (1913) 7 British Books in Print 86 ; (1906) 69 The Academy and Literature 767 ; Financial Times; Scotsman; (1905) Bookseller 662 ; and "Advertisements" (1905) 12 The Speaker, the Liberal Review 433 . For other commentary on this book, see What to Read on Business Efficiency, Business Book Bureau, 1912, p 26 ; and What to Read on Business, Business Book Bureau, Mercantile Library Building, New York, 1912, p 39 .
  15. For a copy of this book, see Google Books. For reviews of this book, see (1913) 23 Economic Review 240 ; (1911) 1 The Lancet 372 and 966 ; "The National Insurance Act, 1911" (1912) 56 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 239 (27 January) ; "Insurance Act Alphabet" (1912) 74 The Economist 77 (13 January) ; "Reviews" (1912) 71 The Timber Trades Journal and Saw-mill Advertiser 173 (3 February) ; (1912) 65 The Educational Times, and Journal of the College of Preceptors (The Education Outlook) 76 ; (1912) 9 The British Journal of Inebriety 232 ; (1912) 41 Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer 628 ; (1912) 7 The Medical Officer 137 ; and (1912) 132 Law Times 350 and 550 . For other commentary on this book, see (1912) 78 Literary World 60 ; and (1912) 119 The Month 552 .
  16. For reviews of this book, see (1925) 70 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 322 ; (1925) 60 Law Journal 976 ; (1925) 44 Law Notes 380
  17. For other reviews of this book, see T E L (1949) 10 Cambridge Law Journal 288 JSTOR; H A C Sturgess (1949) 35 ABA Journal 50 JSTOR; Gilbert D Kennedy (1950) 8 University of Toronto Law Journal 447 JSTOR; "Reviews" (1949) Solicitor: A Journal for Solicitors and their Managing Clerks, Local Government Officers, Magistrates and Others Engaged in the Practice of the Law (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons) 1949, Volumes 16-17, Pages 23 and 311, Google Books; Graya: A Magazine for Members of Gray's Inn (2002) issue 111, p 50 Google Books; British Book News (January 1949) number 101, p 154 Google Books; (1949) 68 Law Notes 23 Google Books; and (1948) 98 The Law Journal 563 . For commentary on this book in bibliographies, see Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (Union, New Jersey) 1999, p 1196; and "Part Two: Books" in "Article and Book Bibliography" in "Legal History: The Year Books", Boston University School of Law.
  18. See, in particular, (1947) 203 The Law Times 38 and 66 Google Books
  19. "A Great Character" (1964) 235 Law Times 358 Google Books
  20. Google Books
  21. David W Florkow, Thomas R Heitz and Shirley A Lounder. Case Law Reporting: A Selected Bibliography and Checklist of Canadian Law Reporting Studies. Canadian Law Information Council. 1981. (CLIC Occasional Paper, issue 3; CLIC Case Law Reporting Studies, issue 18). ISBN 9780920358054. Page 20. Google Books. See also page 58 for discussion of E W William's review of Moran's book.
  22. Worldcat
  23. Ayelet Ben-Yishai. Common Precedents: The Presentness of the Past in Victorian Law and Fiction. Oxford University Press. 2015. Page 63, footnote 59.
  24. M L Cohen, "An Historical Overview of American Law Publishing" (2003) 31 International Journal of Legal Information 168 HeinOnline
  25. (1958) 75 South African Law Journal 118 Google Books
  26. (1963) 80 South African Law Journal 392
  27. E K Williams, "Reviews and notices" (1949) 27 Canadian Bar Review 988 Google Books HeinOnline
  28. "Headnotes" (1947) 111 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 82 Google Books
  29. Law Times, 16 February 1946
  30. C G Moran, "Plowden - Great Elizabethan Reporter" (1946) 51 Case and Comment: The Lawyers' Magazine 56 Google Books
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