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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
LaPiana, William P., author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Law--Study and teaching--United States--History.
Law.
Case method--History.
Case method.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
LaPiana revises our understanding of the origin of modern legal education. He places the changes at Harvard in the context of the broader movements of 19th century intellectual history and provides a new understanding of antebellum legal education.
Contents:
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
Notes:
Bibliography: p221-242. - Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-242) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-771989-9
1-280-53477-X
0-19-535995-X
OCLC:
252606080

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