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Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Essays
Miscellaneous legal essays with a memoir made up from a number of articles published at the time of Professor Ames' death. Contains all the important writings of James Barr Ames, with the exception of two articles on the Negotiable Instruments Act, which have been separately published.
Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays HE following pages contain all the important writings of James Barr Ames, with the exception of two articles on the Negotiable Instruments Act, which have been separately published. In the year 1886 - 87 Professor Ames offered in the Harvard Law School a course of about sixteen lectures, which he entitled Points in Legal History. This course was repeated later, in the years 1889 - 90 and 1894 - 95. Several of the lectures were subsequently published in the Harvard Law Review. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a rep...
Law's History
This is a study of the central role of history in late-nineteenth century American legal thought. In the decades following the Civil War, the founding generation of professional legal scholars in the United States drew from the evolutionary social thought that pervaded Western intellectual life on both sides of the Atlantic. Their historical analysis of law as an inductive science rejected deductive theories and supported moderate legal reform, conclusions that challenge conventional accounts of legal formalism Unprecedented in its coverage and its innovative conclusions about major American legal thinkers from the Civil War to the present, the book combines transatlantic intellectual history, legal history, the history of legal thought, historiography, jurisprudence, constitutional theory, and the history of higher education.
The History of Legal Education in the United States
An invaluable and fascinating resource, this carefully edited anthology presents recent writings by leading legal historians, many commissioned for this book, along with a wealth of related primary sources by John Adams, James Barr Ames, Thomas Jefferson, Christopher C. Langdell, Karl N. Llewellyn, Roscoe Pound, Tapping Reeve, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Story, John Henry Wigmore and other distinguished contributors to American law. It is divided into nine sections: Teaching Books and Methods in the Lecture Hall, Examinations and Evaluations, Skills Courses, Students, Faculty, Scholarship, Deans and Administration, Accreditation and Association, and Technology and the Future. Contributors to this volume include Morris Cohen, Daniel R. Coquillette, Michael Hoeflich, John H. Langbein, William P. LaPiana and Fred R. Shapiro. Steve Sheppard is the William Enfield Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law.
Drug Addiction and Drug Policy
This book is the culmination of five years of debate among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Do drug addicts have an illness, or is the addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom, the authors show that these standard dichotomies are false.
The Inception of Modern Professional Education
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 professiona
