1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996336539703316

Titolo

Popular mechanics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Chicago, Ill.], : [Popular Mechanics Co.]

New York, NY : , : Hearst Communications, Inc.

ISSN

2769-8637

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations

Disciplina

605

Soggetti

Technology

Technologie

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Automobile

Mécanique automobile

Mechanics, Applied - Periodicals

Mechanical engineering - Periodicals

Technological innovations - Periodicals

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Sommario/riassunto

Popular Mechanics magazine presents practical advice on how breakthroughs in science and technology impact everyday lives. Each issue informs readers with how-to articles on automotive, home and outdoor topics. Popular Mechanics also provides reviews and comparison tests of the latest equipment and products. First published in 1902. Popular Mechanics is for people who have a passion to know how things work. It's about how the latest advances in science and technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics, computers, even your health. - Magazines.com.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784975203321

Autore

LaPiana William P

Titolo

Logic and experience [[electronic resource] ] : the origin of modern American legal education / / William P. LaPiana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-771989-9

1-280-53477-X

0-19-535995-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

349.73347.3

Soggetti

Law - Study and teaching - United States - History

Law - United States - History

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. 221-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Harvard's Transformation; 3. Antebellum Legal Education; 4. Case Method and Legal Science; 5. Harvard and the Legal World; 6. A New Legal Science; 7. Opposition; 8. Reconciliation; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States. Before the Civil War, lawyers learned their trade primarily through apprenticeship and self-directed study. By the end of the 19th century, the modern legal education system which was developed primarily by Dean Christopher Langdell at Harvard was in place: a bachelor's degree was required for admission to the new model law school, and a law degree was promoted as the best preparation for admission to the bar. William P. LaPiana provides an in-depth study of the intellectual history of the transformation