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Past The Pillars Of Hercules: Francis Bacon And The Science Of Rulemaking, Daniel R. Coquillette
Past The Pillars Of Hercules: Francis Bacon And The Science Of Rulemaking, Daniel R. Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
The parallels between Francis Bacon’s career and that of Edward H. Cooper are obvious. Bacon was one of the great legal minds of his day and, unlike the common law judges who formed the law by deciding cases, Bacon expressed his greatness in writing brilliant juristic treatises and, as Lord Chancellor, drafting one of the first modern rule systems, the Ordinances in Chancery (1617-1620). My thesis is that Bacon invented modern, scientific rulemaking by fusing his new theories of inductive, empirical research with the traditions of equitable pleading, and is, in fact, the intellectual forebearer of the likes of Charles …
American Legal Education: Where Did It Come From? Where Is It Going?, Daniel Coquillette
American Legal Education: Where Did It Come From? Where Is It Going?, Daniel Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
No abstract provided.
The Prisoners At Guantanamo, And The Rule Of Law, Daniel R. Coquillette
The Prisoners At Guantanamo, And The Rule Of Law, Daniel R. Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
No abstract provided.
Presentation Of New Research On The First Black Graduates Of Harvard Law School, Daniel Coquillette
Presentation Of New Research On The First Black Graduates Of Harvard Law School, Daniel Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
Presentation on the results of new research conducted as part of the Harvard Law History Project. The Project has made a number of major new discoveries about the first black graduates of Harvard Law School, documenting four more men of extraordinary lives and achievement who studied at Harvard prior to 1910 (in addition to three already documented).