Harvard Law School, the first century Coquillette, Daniel R. creator Kimball, Bruce A. 1951- text mau 2015 monographic eng

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xi, 666 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. 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. 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. Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 Law Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge History 20th century Derecho Estudio y docencia Massachusetts Cambridge Historia Siglo XX KF 292 C786o 2015 9780674967663 (alk. paper) 150715 20230410143105.0 spa