Paul Bruton
{{Infobox academic
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Paul Bruton
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name = Paul Wesley Bruton
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|8|1}}
| birth_place =
| death_date ={{death date and age|1988|7|16|1903|8|1}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| region =
| nationality =
| citizenship =
| residence =
| other_names =
| occupation = Law professor
| period =
| known_for =
| home_town =
| title = the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law
| awards =
| website =
| education =
| alma_mater =
- University of California (A.B. and LL.B. 1929)
- Yale University (J.S.D. 1930)
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| school_tradition =
| doctoral_advisor =
| academic_advisors =
| influences =
| era =
| discipline =
| sub_discipline =
| workplaces = University of Pennsylvania Law School
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students =
| main_interests =
| notable_works =
| notable_ideas =
| influenced =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| signature_size =
| footnotes =
}}
Paul Wesley Bruton (August 1, 1903 – July 16, 1988) was the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.{{cite web|url=https://law.duke.edu/history/faculty/bruton/|title=Paul Wesley Bruton - Duke University School of Law|website=law.duke.edu|date=January 1934 }}
Biography
Bruton received his A.B. and his LL.B. in 1929 from the University of California, and his J.S.D. in 1930 from Yale University.[https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=6153&context=penn_law_review "ALEXANDER H. FREY: STIMULATING TEACHER, ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE AND DELIGHTFUL COMPANION"]
Bruton was the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, at which he started teaching in 1937.[https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=5739&context=penn_law_review "PAUL W. BRUTON"][https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=5740&context=penn_law_review "IN APPRECIATION OF PAUL W. BRUTON"] He taught at the law school for 37 years. He was Acting Dean of the law school during 1951 to 1952.
Among his writings were Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, with Edward Louis Barrett and John Honnold (Foundation Press, 1968) and Bruton's Cases and materials on Federal taxation,
with Raymond J. Bradley (West Pub. Co., 1953).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dt0VAQAAIAAJ&q=%22paul+wesley+bruton%22+%22pennsylvania+law%22|title=Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials|first1=Edward Louis|last1=Barrett|first2=Paul Wesley|last2=Bruton|first3=John|last3=Honnold|date=1968|publisher=Foundation Press|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z24_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22paul+wesley+bruton%22+%22pennsylvania+law%22|title=Bruton's Cases and materials on Federal taxation|first1=Paul Wesley|last1=Bruton|first2=Raymond J.|last2=Bradley|year=1953|publisher=West Pub. Co.|via=Google Books}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruton, Paul}}
Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty
Category:University of California alumni
Category:Yale Law School alumni
Category:Deans of law schools in the United States
Category:American scholars of constitutional law
{{US-legal-academic-bio-stub}}