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Autore: | LaPiana William P |
Titolo: | Logic and experience [[electronic resource] ] : the origin of modern American legal education / / William P. LaPiana |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 349.73347.3 |
Soggetto topico: | Law - Study and teaching - United States - History |
Law - United States - History | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Logic and experience |
ISBN: | 0-19-771989-9 |
1-280-53477-X | |
0-19-535995-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784975203321 |
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