On the battlefield of merit
Subtitle: Harvard Law School, the first century
By: Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball
Contributors: Kimball, Bruce A., 1951- author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 666
ISBN-13: 9780674967663
Subjects: Harvard Law School; Law; Study and teaching (Higher); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The English and continental roots of American legal education --; title: American antecedents of Harvard Law School --; title: Founding a university professional school of law --; title: The school saved --; title: Joseph Story's law school in the young republic --; title: The Greenleaf transition --; title: The gathering storm --; title: Civil war and aftermath --; title: Dean Langdell, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes --; title: Curricular and pedagogical revolution --; title: Creating the "new system" of legal education --; title: The paths of four students --; title: The "new system," triumphant and invidious --; title: Students of color at Harvard Law School --; title: Beloved Dean Ames.