Includes bibliographical references and index. Volume 1 only
Contents:
"Beloved Dean Ames". American antecedents of Harvard Law School -- Founding a university professional school of law -- The school saved -- Joseph Story's law school in the young republic -- The Greenleaf transition -- The gathering storm -- Civil war and aftermath -- Dean Langdell, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes -- Curricular and pedagogical revolution -- Creating the "new system" of legal education -- The paths of four students -- The "new system," triumphant and invidious -- Students of color at Harvard Law School -- "Beloved Dean Ames".
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