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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (688 p.) : 67 halftones, 1 graph, 14 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674967663
  • 9780674089068
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.07117444 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
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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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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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)