Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-11
"A LAW SCEIO0x

eo,e"So"g on Monday, the 31St of Ociobcr ucry
"e session 'cH terminate on The 23d Of March
VIE experience of several year., as Law
IL Professor i'll the University of VIRGINIA
haS shcwn the decided ADVANTAGES ofi,strncl;,,e
W tI' 0oohs 'oitt erumilQtlDnS ard scDkaaaf;,ny
"'u .nat lectures, orally delivered are n mos,
,:ien' c'uai and unsatisfactory mode ofinstruc.
'ioh, IN science so extensive and SO obstruse
90 une Law. The Lecturer is compelled Il
| measure hs exercises, not by the sizn aud do
'nands OF his subject, but by what he NAV nby.
scGily De able to say within the reasnnahle NO
ROO oil a Lecture. Acco riding to the ,io,a
winch Will be found in the address to the reader
PrehNed 10 MIR. PIesion's valuable Lectures on,
aOStrac'S, the employment of an hour in Lcctur
| ing "ou'd be commensurate with the content,
ct about six octave pages and a third. printed in
Ordinary type. Upon this computation. three
hundred iccturing day, at Tn hour each dav
would supply class with volume Of annual IN
s.rucuon, not exceeding the compass Of Back
SLIME commentaries. The increased llhours
OF the professor, and the diminished product, of
OF his tolls, are not the least of the incouyeni
ences OF this method of insl ructivn
1t Is impossible that the apprehension of \
student, however gifted IN intellect. can distinct
~ gather iiom the lips ofthe clearest & most i'm
PressiVe Lecturer, those abstruse principles which
are found SO difficult to be understood even
when submitted, in the perspicuous treatiaes of
the pest Ltw writer's, 10 the mast intense con
side ration OF the student, in his closet In max
ing allowance for this ,nfrmitv ofthe student the
lecturer Is compelled to seize only upon the mos,
oroad ana prominent principles oftke Law such
as Gun most easily and readily be ueprehenGed ~.
'hey INT upon the ear. The cunscuuerce is that
tue prncip of science the most extensive
diucuf and profound, are epitomised into :,
mere summary, imperfect and superfcial-
hcse considerations should induce Professor
OF La" 10 rely as little possible upon oral
lectures and only to resort TO them when Inc
ST tiD,
Inc AIM OF the school, now. presented for pub
TIC patronage, Will be principally to facilitate
the acquisition or knowledge of furensck Law
as practEedin America, and principally in Viz
GINA. ihn the short period to which this
course OF instruction is confined, it will not b..
pretended TO form complete LAWYER lis il
most perncious de!usion To encourage n student
TO oeiIeveAhat he can be competenlly qualified for
ADMISSION u the bar. by less than three ve.is an
Pilcaflon TO the study oflhe law; and with his
preparations his studies must be unremit;irnly
prosecuted after he is admitted, if he would
iathiniIy discharge the duties Of his station
out the course here proposed viii not be too
short, 10 enable the student, with proper dill
gence, to acquire a valuable fund of inforIna.
zion upon tue subjects Of our own jurisprudence
and to supply himself with facilities for maxine
iather advances. The most important doctrines
OF the English Courts, as mod fed and i,lus,ra-
Yea by lhe statutes and decisions of Virginia
with references to cases Of the other Suites viii
De brought tn his notice In the course Of his ey
G'C'ses' foT soi"e years past my labOurs have
| oeen employed when NOT interrupted by other
duties, IN collecting and arranging references to
American cases, especially those OF Virgina pre-
paratory to the publication IF sufficiently encou-
| raged,) Of editions of English Law Books adam
ted TO our own Jurispt udence, or series Of trea-
| ties upon some of the most important branch
es of aur Law. These preparations are still
| incomplete, but are cen Dued with undated
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fruits OF these labours viii be readyto be put into
the hands of the students, at the session ENSUING
the next.
For the present, the Texts Books which will
be employed, and which students VIII be re-
CURED to provide Themselves with, VIII be Black
stones Commentaries, (CMtty's edition will be
| preferred and is the cheapest Cruises Digest
the New York edition Of 1927, the best J Tuck
| ers Commentaries, and kcnt's Commentaries
| The exercises will be daily, during the session.
Each day, portions of the English text bonlis
with opposite parts of the American Commenta-
ries will be marked out for the exercises of The
students on the ensuing day; when they will be
rrgldly examined upon the matter which has
been thus assigned for their studies-and in the
| course ofthe examination, such additional rel
erenccs, and explanations will be supplied as
will best illustrate the subject in hand.
1t is believed, that the term will not be too
short, 10 review all the subjects, in Blackstone
una Clulse, tnaL may pc aPPEcanle 10 our own
| Country, with the corresponding Commentaries
Of Tucker and Kent-provded the assiduity of
The student shall correspond in any degree with
the zeal Of the Professor. The exercises, with
VIII ch the students will be tasked, will not much
exceed the exercises, which in another sis ator,
was in the habit of appointing for tie class
when the attention If many Of its members was
wont to be divided between the Law and one
or more studies besldes.-Tbe price Of instruc-
ton will be 500 the session. to be paid in cash
before the student can be admitted TO the school.
4 Accommodations may be had in very gen'ecl
| private boarding houses, well as at the Ia
verns, upon very reasonable tcrms-say from
$40 to S12 30 per month, exclusive OILY Of flei
and wsshing-which may be procured for We
ry moderate price. The whole expence of Ev
ing. the most comfortable that could be expect
ed or asked, viii probably be l2ss than So thc
session. No situation could be uio-c 70 ,orgbiy
recommended for Law School, by the CON
sidcratlons ofsalubrity, and society, Than Fed
ericksburg. Persons DESTROYS OF becoming a,u
dents viii be rlcased 10 apprisc M as early 2,
convenient Of their Intention. Letters may be
directed t. FIcdericksburg-ro- paid.
JOHN TAYLCE LOMAE.
I August 2 1891. Ion
I The Eatioaal rtclligcrccr r. s. Tt;cCfara, Rich
mond Enquirer and Wing, viii please insert the aboy
twice week, for month and forward ihgr
to this Office for paymes,