02251cam a2200325 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003100069040001700100041000800117050002300125100002700148245011700175264006500292300004500357336002600402337002800428338002700456504005100483505059600534520034101130610004701471610004701518650008701565650007901652650008701731650007801818700002901896BJBSDDR20230410143105.0ta150715s2015 mau 000 0 eng c a9780674967663 (alk. paper) bspacBJBSDDR aeng14aKF 292bC786o 20151 aCoquillette, Daniel R.10aOn the battlefield of merit :bHarvard Law School, the first century /cDaniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball. 1aCambridge, Massachusetts :bHarvard University Press,c2015. axi, 666 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm. atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references and index.00tThe 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. aHarvard 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.20aHarvard Law SchoolxHistoryy19th century.20aHarvard Law SchoolxHistoryy20th century. 0aLawxStudy and teaching (Higher)zMassachusettszCambridgexHistoryy19th century. 4aDerechoxEstudio y docenciazMassachusettszCambridgexHistoria ySiglo 19 0aLawxStudy and teaching (Higher)zMassachusettszCambridgexHistoryy20th century. 4aDerechoxEstudio y docenciazMassachusettszCambridgexHistoriaySiglo XX1 aKimball, Bruce A.d1951-