Works
- A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law, Little, Brown; four volumes, 1904 to 1905, 1904
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Known for
The dean of Northwestern's law school and the leading American scholar of evidence. His treatise, known as Wigmore on Evidence, is the classic statement of the law of proof, including the burdens of proof, and he also devised the Wigmore chart for mapping evidence.