On the Battlefield of Merit : : Harvard Law School, the First Century /

On the Battlefield of Merit : : Harvard Law School, the First Century / / Daniel R. Coquillette.

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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Coquillette, Daniel R.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (688 p.) :; 67 halftones, 1 graph, 14 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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