On the Battlefield of Merit : Harvard Law School, the First Century / Daniel R. Coquillette.
2015
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Title
On the Battlefield of Merit : Harvard Law School, the First Century / Daniel R. Coquillette.
Imprint
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Description
1 online resource (688 p.) : 67 halftones, 1 graph, 14 tables
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The English and Continental Roots of American Legal Education
2. American Antecedents of Harvard Law School
3. Founding a University Professional School of Law
4. The School Saved
5. Joseph Story's Law School in the Young Republic
6. The Greenleaf Transition
7. The Gathering Storm
8. Civil War and Aftermath
9. Dean Langdell, First Casebooks, and Justice Holmes
10. Curricular and Pedagogical Revolution
11. Creating the "New System" of Legal Education
12. The Paths of Four Students
13. The "New System," Triumphant and Invidious
14. Students of Color at Harvard Law School
15. "Beloved Dean Ames"
Conclusion
Appendixes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The English and Continental Roots of American Legal Education
2. American Antecedents of Harvard Law School
3. Founding a University Professional School of Law
4. The School Saved
5. Joseph Story's Law School in the Young Republic
6. The Greenleaf Transition
7. The Gathering Storm
8. Civil War and Aftermath
9. Dean Langdell, First Casebooks, and Justice Holmes
10. Curricular and Pedagogical Revolution
11. Creating the "New System" of Legal Education
12. The Paths of Four Students
13. The "New System," Triumphant and Invidious
14. Students of Color at Harvard Law School
15. "Beloved Dean Ames"
Conclusion
Appendixes
Acknowledgments
Index
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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In English.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780674089068
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