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"Classification of Rights and Wrongs" from Christopher Columbus Langdell. American jurist (1826-1906).
Excerpt from Report of the Ninth Annual Meeting at Cambridge, June 25, 1895: In Especial Honor of Christopher Columbus Langdell, Dane Professor of Law and Dean of the Harvard Law Shool, 1870 1895 The programme Of the Celebration was successfully carried out in each detail. At the business meeting in the forenoon, in addition to the election of Officers and other routine matters, Sir Frederick Pollock, the orator of the day, and Mr. John H. Arnold, for twenty-three years Librarian of the Law School, were unanimously elected the first honorary members of the Association. At the close of the business meeting, shortly before twelve o'clock, the members Of the Association, with their invited gues...
Christopher C. Langdell (1826-1906) is one of the most influential figures in the history of American professional education. As dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he conceived, designed, and built the educational model that leading professional schools in virtually all fields subsequently emulated. In this first full-length biography of the educator and jurist, Bruce Kimball explores Langdell's controversial role in modern professional education and in jurisprudence. Langdell founded his model on the idea of academic meritocracy. According to this principle, scholastic achievement should determine one's merit in professional life. Despite fierce opposition from students, faculty,...