On the battlefield of merit : Harvard Law School, the first century /
Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball.
- 1 online resource (xi, 666 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Harvard Law School--History--19th century. Harvard Law School--History--20th century. Harvard Law School.
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