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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coquillette, Daniel R. (Author), Kimball, Bruce A., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
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 > Study and teaching (Higher)
Massachusetts > Cambridge
History
Table of 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.

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