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Harry Pratter

Indiana Law Journal

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Harry Pratter’S Wisdom, Jonathan Pratter Jan 2016

Harry Pratter’S Wisdom, Jonathan Pratter

Indiana Law Journal

From 1950 to 1994 Harry Pratter taught law at Indiana University- Bloomington. One of his favorite sayings (he had many of these) was Maitland’s “[T]aught law is tough law,” a phrase that a forty-four year teaching career entitles you to utter with some frequency. In response to Sartre’s notorious challenge, “Do you have anything to say?” Pratter could certainly answer yes. He took Sartre literally. Pratter preferred to speak—that is to teach, and not to write. The source of Pratter’s strong preference for speech over writing must remain a mystery. The consequence is that a good deal of what he …


A Tribute To Harry Pratter, Terry A. Bethel, Douglass Boshkoff, Maurice J. Holland Jan 2003

A Tribute To Harry Pratter, Terry A. Bethel, Douglass Boshkoff, Maurice J. Holland

Indiana Law Journal

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A Tribute To Harry Pratter, George P. Smith Ii Oct 2001

A Tribute To Harry Pratter, George P. Smith Ii

Indiana Law Journal

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