On the battlefield of merit : Harvard Law School, the first century /

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 du...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Coquillette, Daniel R. (Autor), Kimball, Bruce A., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Harvard Law School > History > 19th century.
Harvard Law School > History > 20th century.
Harvard Law School.
1800-1999
Law > Study and teaching (Higher) > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 19th century.
Law > Study and teaching (Higher) > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 20th century.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Law > Study and teaching (Higher)
Massachusetts > Cambridge.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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