Coquillette, Daniel R.,

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.

9780674089068 0674089065

22573/ctt1c7sjdk JSTOR

2015012162


Harvard Law School--History--19th century.
Harvard Law School--History--20th century.
Harvard Law School.


1800-1999


Law--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--Massachusetts--Cambridge--19th century.
Law--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--Massachusetts--Cambridge--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.


Electronic books.
History.

KF292.H34 / C67 2015

340.071/17444