Edward Livingston (1764-1836), American jurist and statesman, was one of the great legal reformers of the 19th century. Edward Livingston was born on May 28, 1764, at Clermont, N.Y., into a wealthy family. He graduated from the College of New Jersey...

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Ken Livingstone, London's freshly re-elected mayor, is considering building a huge international convention centre somewhere in the capital. The project, which will almost certainly require public funding, is bound to prove controversial. It leaves Livingstone open to the charge that the centre could...