[citation needed] He was the author of the first American work on the conflict of laws.
[1] Livermore graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1800 and from Harvard in 1804.
He subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar.
[1] In addition, he published at least one of his arguments before the Supreme Court regarding community property in common-law marriage.
[1] Livermore's works continue to be cited in court decisions, most recently by the U.S. Supreme Court in Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald, 546 U.S. 470 (2006), which cited to Livermore's 1818 edition of Treatise for a principle of agency law.