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Cases And Case-Lawyers, Richard A. Danner
Cases And Case-Lawyers, Richard A. Danner
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In the nineteenth century, the term “case-lawyer” was used as a label for lawyers who seemed to care more about locating precedents applicable to their current cases than understanding the principles behind the reported case law. Criticisms of case-lawyers appeared in English journals in the late 1820s, then in the United States, usually from those who believed that every lawyer needed to know and understand the unchanging principles of the common law in order to resolve issues not found in the reported cases. After the Civil War, expressions of concern about caselawyers increased with the significant growth in the amount …
Founding Legal Education In America, Paul D. Carrington
Founding Legal Education In America, Paul D. Carrington
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The Aba, The Aall, The Aals, And The “Duplication Of Legal Publications”, Richard A. Danner
The Aba, The Aall, The Aals, And The “Duplication Of Legal Publications”, Richard A. Danner
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Between 1935 and 1940, the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the American Association of Law Libraries joined forces to work on solutions to a problem often referred to as the “duplication of legal publications.” The need for practicing attorneys and law libraries to purchase multiple and duplicative versions of published law reports and other law books was burdensome in costs, complicated the research process, and contributed to what the American Law Institute identified as the two chief defects of American law: “its uncertainty and its complexity.” This article highlights the efforts of the ABA, the …
A Jurisprudence Of Insurgency: Lawyers As Companions Of Unimagined Change, Michael E. Tigar
A Jurisprudence Of Insurgency: Lawyers As Companions Of Unimagined Change, Michael E. Tigar
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Crime Talk, Rights Talk, And Double-Talk: Thoughts On Reading Encyclopedia Of Crime And Justice (Review Essay), Michael E. Tigar
Crime Talk, Rights Talk, And Double-Talk: Thoughts On Reading Encyclopedia Of Crime And Justice (Review Essay), Michael E. Tigar
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