Overview

Jurist of the 18th and 19th centuries were often in disagreement as to the proper method of instructing students who wished to take up the practice of law. This volume distills the essential elements of the controversy over legal education and offers many articles and papers on the topic that are no longer available in print. A compilation of seventeen essays by influential legal scholars of the period, it presents arguments for and against the educations approaches that dominated English and American legal study for more than two centuries. Dean Hoeflich's introduction examines the historical and legal context that formed the background of the controversy. Many of the essays that follow are polemical contributions to the debate on the relative merits of apprenticeship and academic training--the methods oflegal education that were commonly practiced. Some authors favored a pragmatic, non-elitist training, others recommended greater emphasis on systematization and method through the teaching of logic, moral philosophy, or Roman law. Still others proposed a blending of approaches or altogether new types of legal education--some of which were frankly utopian. Several essays focus on the need to develop American legal education independent of English models. Renowned jurists such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and William Blackstone are represented, together with lesser known legal thinkers credited with substantial or original contributions to the field. The editor provides supplementary notes on the authors, a bibliographyu, and an index.

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Author:   Michael H. Hoeflich
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No 49
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780313264375

ISBN 10:   0313264376
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 August 1988
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Roger North, Discourse on the Study of the Laws Thomas Wood, Some Thoughts Concerning the Study of the Laws of England in the Two Universities (1708) William Blackstone, A Discourse on the Study of Law (1759) Frederick Ritso, Introduction to the Science of the Law (1815) J.H. Dawson, Suggestions as to the Course of Study to be Adopted, and the Selection of Books, by Parties designed for Attorneys and Solicitors (1830) Thomas J. Hogg, An Introductory Lecture on the Study of the Civil Law (1831) Beverly Tucker, Lecture on the Study of the Law (1834) Simon Greenleaf, A Discourse Pronounced at the Inauguration of the Author as Royall Professor of Law in Harvard University (1834) Daniel Mayes, An Address to the Students of Law in Transylvania University (1834) Benjamin F. Butler, A Plan for the Organization of a Law School in the University of the City of New York (1835) Samuel Warren, A Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies (How the Common Law Pupil should Commence His Studies) (1836) Anon, Study of the Law (1837) Anon, The Legal Profession (1839) Christian Roselius, Introductory Lecture (1854) Montague Bernard, Notes on the Academical Study of Law (1868) Frederick Pollock, Oxford Law Studies (1886) O.W. Holmes, Jr., The Use of Law Schools (1896) Selected Bibliography Index

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MICHAEL HOEFLICH is Dean of the College of Law at Syracuse University.

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