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The Role Of A Law School Dean: Balancing A Variety Of Roles And Interests - The American University Washington College Of Law Experience, Claudio Grossman
The Role Of A Law School Dean: Balancing A Variety Of Roles And Interests - The American University Washington College Of Law Experience, Claudio Grossman
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David Hoffman: Life, Letters And Lectures At The University Of Maryland 1821-1837, Bill Sleeman
David Hoffman: Life, Letters And Lectures At The University Of Maryland 1821-1837, Bill Sleeman
Bill Sleeman
David Hoffman was a prominent pioneer in the establishment of university-based legal education. He helped to found the University of Maryland Law School in 1816 and was its first professor. His A Course of Legal Study (1817) and Legal Outlines (1829) played a critical role in the development of law school curricula and provided guidance to hundreds of antebellum law students and attorneys.
The Oft-Ignored Mr. Turton: The Role Of District Collector In A Passage To India, Allen P. Mendenhall
The Oft-Ignored Mr. Turton: The Role Of District Collector In A Passage To India, Allen P. Mendenhall
Allen Mendenhall
E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India presents Brahman Hindu jurisprudence as an alternative to British rule of law, a utilitarian jurisprudence that hinges on mercantilism, central planning, and imperialism. Building on John Hasnas’s critiques of rule of law and Murray Rothbard’s critiques of Benthamite utilitarianism, this essay argues that Forster’s depictions of Brahman Hindu in the novel endorse polycentric legal systems. Mr. Turton is the local district collector whose job is to pander to both British and Indian interests; positioned as such, Turton is a site for critique and comparison. Forster uses Turton to show that Brahman Hindu jurisprudence is …