The Rule Against Perpetuities

Gray, John Chipman. The Rule Against Perpetuities. Third Edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1915. xlii, 714 pp. Reprint available 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002040729. ISBN 1-58477-307-3. Cloth. $125. The first edition of this classic treatise was published in 1886. It became a standard work among conveyancers and was adopted by law schools within a few years. Considered a work of authority, it is distinguished by its organization and thoroughnesss as well as the extent of Gray's historical research and boldness of his analysis.