 According to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , " repeating his Louisiana progress , Benjamin made his reputation among his new peers by publication " . In an early representation , he wrote a complex governing document for an insurance firm that other counsel had declined despite the substantial fee , due to the early deadline . After brief study , Benjamin wrote out the document , never making a correction or erasure . In 1868 , Benjamin published A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property , With Reference to the American Decisions , to the French Code , and Civil Law . This work , known for short as Benjamin on Sales , became a classic in both Britain and America , and launched his career as a barrister . It went through three editions prior to Benjamin 's death in 1884 ; an eighth edition was published in 2010 . Today Benjamin 's Sale of Goods forms part of the " common law library " of key practitioner texts on English civil law . 
