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On the battlefield of merit : Harvard Law School, the first century / Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015Description: xi, 666 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674967663 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF 292 C786o 2015
Contents:
The English and continental roots of American legal education --American antecedents of Harvard Law School -- Founding a university professional school of law -- The school saved -- Joseph Story's law school in the young republic -- The Greenleaf transition -- The gathering storm -- Civil war and aftermath -- Dean Langdall, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes -- Curricular and pedagogical revolution -- Creating the "new system" of legal education -- The paths of four students -- The "new system," triumphant and invidious -- Students of color at Harvard Law School -- Beloved Dean Ames.
Summary: Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF 292 C786o 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000122223

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The English and continental roots of American legal education --American antecedents of Harvard Law School -- Founding a university professional school of law -- The school saved --
Joseph Story's law school in the young republic -- The Greenleaf transition -- The gathering storm --
Civil war and aftermath -- Dean Langdall, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes -- Curricular and pedagogical revolution --
Creating the "new system" of legal education -- The paths of four students -- The "new system," triumphant and invidious --
Students of color at Harvard Law School -- Beloved Dean Ames.

Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence.

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