History of the Yale Law School : The Tercentennial Lectures by Anthony T. Kronman (2004, Hardcover)

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The New Haven school affiliated with Yale in the 1820s, but it remained so frail that in 1845 and again in 1869 the University seriously considered closing it down. In the later nineteenth century the School instigated the multidisciplinary approach to law that has subsequently won nearly universal acceptance.

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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300095643

ISBN-139780300095647

eBay Product ID (ePID)6047254

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Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameHistory of the Yale Law School : the Tercentennial Lectures

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLegal Education

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnthony T. Kronman

Subject AreaLaw

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-070399

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal340.07468

SynopsisA fascinating examination of the history of the Yale Law School and its impact on the development of legal education in the U.S. The entity that became the Yale Law School started life early in the nineteenth century as a proprietary school, operated as a sideline by a couple of New Haven lawyers. The New Haven school affiliated with Yale in the 1820s, but it remained so frail that in 1845 and again in 1869 the University seriously considered closing it down. From these humble origins, the Yale Law School went on to become the most influential of American law schools. In the later nineteenth century the School instigated the multidisciplinary approach to law that has subsequently won nearly universal acceptance. In the 1930s the Yale Law School became the center of the jurisprudential movement known as legal realism, which has ever since shaped American law. In the second half of the twentieth century Yale brought the study of constitutional and international law to prominence, overcoming the emphasis on private law that had dominated American law schools. By the end of the twentieth century, Yale was widely acknowledged as the nation's leading law school. The essays in this collection trace these notable developments. They originated as a lecture series convened to commemorate the tercentenary of Yale University. A distinguished group of scholars assembled to explore the history of the School from the earliest days down to modern times. This volume preserves the highly readable format of the original lectures, supported with full scholarly citations. Contributors to this volume are Robert W. Gordon, Laura Kalman, John H. Langbein, Gaddis Smith, and Robert Stevens, with an introduction by Anthony T. Kronman.

LC Classification NumberKF292.Y314Z657 2004