02340cam a2200361 i 4500 95524 95524 BJBSDDR 20230410143105.0 ta 150715s2015 mau 000 0 eng c 9780674967663 (alk. paper) spa BJBSDDR eng KF 292 C786o 2015 Coquillette, Daniel R. On the battlefield of merit : Harvard Law School, the first century / Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. xi, 666 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. 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. Harvard Law School History 19th century. Harvard Law School History 20th century. Law Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge History 19th century. Derecho Estudio y docencia Massachusetts Cambridge Historia Siglo 19 156 Law Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge History 20th century. Derecho Estudio y docencia Massachusetts Cambridge Historia Siglo XX 156 Kimball, Bruce A. 1951- 16800 lcc BK SH 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 KF 292 C786o 2015 00000122223 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 BK