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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778013103321

Autore

Kimball Bruce A. <1951->

Titolo

The inception of modern professional education [[electronic resource] ] : C.C. Langdell, 1826-1906 / / Bruce A. Kimball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4696-0562-7

0-8078-8996-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Studies in legal history

Disciplina

340.092

Soggetti

Law teachers - United States

Law - Study and teaching - United States - History - 19th century

Professional education - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-414) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Boyhood and youth, 1826-1854 -- Lawyer on Wall Street, 1855-1870 -- Scholar, 1870-1881 -- Teacher, 1870-1881 -- Faculty, 1870-1900 -- The first dean, 1870-1886 -- Students, 1876-1882 -- Triumph and betrayal, 1886-1890s -- Poor old white-whiskers, 1895-1906.

Sommario/riassunto

Christopher C. Langdell (1826-1906) is one of the most influential figures in the history of American professional education. As dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he conceived, designed, and built the educational model that leading professional schools in virtually all fields subsequently emulated. In this first full-length biography of the educator and jurist, Bruce Kimball explores Langdell's controversial role in modern professional education and in jurisprudence.Langdell founded his model on the idea of academic meritocracy. According to this principle, scholastic achie