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index Academic merit, meaning of, 219–29 Academic merit hiring standard. See Hiring standard of academic merit for faculty Academic meritocracy: acceptance and success of, 2–5, 7–8, 219, 224–25, 264–70, 308, 309–10; overview, 3, 6–8; founding principles, 5; CCL’s vision of and commitment to, 5–6; economic logic of, 7, 221–24, 232, 265, 279, 292; betraying principles of, 7–8, 220, 225–29, 232, 264, 273, 308; justice of legal system reliant on, 83, 129, 271, 342, 343; criticism of and resistance to, 194, 197, 207–9, 212, 215, 216, 219, 309, 341–42, 347; gentlemen vs. scholars and, 194–201, 226; supporters of, 200–201, 202, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 219, 345; elements of formal system, 201–6, 222, 343; establishing at HLS, 210–19; threats to, 221–23, 225, 252–53, 257–59, 261, 263; circumventing, methods of, 258–59; enduring influence of, 341–46. See also Discrimination and academic meritocracy —institutional mechanisms of: sequenced curriculum, 6, 7, 39, 130–40, 208–9, 232, 343; written examinations posing hypothetical problems, 6, 131, 160–64, 210, 232, 343; alumni association support, 6, 229–32, 343; degree or continuation requirements, 7, 209, 211–12, 218, 232; three-year curriculum, 7, 39, 210, 219–22, 232, 343; library as scholarly resource, 33, 207–8, 232, 320–21, 343; admission requirements, 39, 209–10, 214–18, 231, 235, 268–70, 343; independent career track for faculty, 168, 207, 232, 343; Honor program, 210, 219, 226–29, 232, 343. See also Case method of teaching Academic merit standard, development of: overview, 2–5, 7–8; influences on, 6–7, 11, 192, 196, 203, 205–6; beginnings, 206–10; functionalist rationale for, 223–24 Academic standards: Harvard Law School (1868–82), 130, 161, 211–12, 213, 214–18, 219, 226, 235, 268–70; traditional commercial approach to, 223–24; of Harvard Law School (1880–1910), 269–72, 283, 295–96, 301, 315; Harvard College (1870–90s), 281, 296, 300, 305 Adams, Brooks, 197, 200–201 Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., 72 Adams, Henry, 200 Adams, John Quincy, Jr., 183 Adams v. Lindsell (1818), 112 Adelbert College, 307 Agassiz, Louis, 11, 25–26, 351 Albany Law School, 223 Alcott, Louisa M., 290 Almy, Charles, 154–56 Alpha Delta Phi, 28 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 197, 234, 276 American Bar Association, 191, 214, 320, 338 American Social Science Association, 197–98 Ames, James Barr: criticism of bench and bar, 146–47; HLS student, reconstructed class discussion, 149–53; HLS faculty appointment, 171–72, 174–75, 187, 190, 200, 347; photograph, 172; resignation, 177; Holmes’s HLS faculty appointment and, 180; Eliot and, 185; on teaching law as profession, 191–92; on Washburn, 196; 420 Index about, 196, 307; Bradley’s HLS faculty appointment and, 219; teaching methods, 240–41, 260, 261–62; mentioned, 261, 283; moot court supervision, 267; on enrollment growth, 270; students feelings toward, 307 —academic meritocracy and: faculty hiring, 176, 177, 181, 185; support for, 207; admission standards, 210, 215, 216; degree or continuation requirements, 210, 218; Equity course requirement, 225–26, 228; Honor program, 227; violation of basic premise, 264, 273; coeducation question, 281, 286–87, 288; Catholic college graduates, 296, 297, 305, 306, 307 —CCL and: in Alpha Delta Phi, 28; detriment-only formulation attributed to, 106–7; as student of CCL, 107, 149–50, 171; coteaching with, 154, 210; opinion of CCL, 196; assumption of CCL’s duties as dean, 310, 315; retirement request of CCL, 339 —courses taught: Civil Procedure at Common Law, 133, 134, 136; Negotiable Paper, 142; Contracts, reconstructed class discussion, 149–53; Jurisdiction and Procedure in Equity, reconstructed class discussion, 154–59; Torts, 240; Contracts, 240–41; Equity Jurisdiction and Pleading, 247, 248; Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, 247, 261, 315; Trusts and Mortgages, 260 —works: Cases on Pleading, 133, 134, 241; Cases on Torts, 256; Cases on the Law of Trusts, 260 Anderson, Martin B., 205 Anson, William R., 84, 93, 97, 101, 108, 112, 114–16, 124 Arnold, Mabel, 291 Astor, William B., 61 Austin Hall (Harvard Law School), 230, 231, 268, 289 Baldwin, Simeon, 319, 324 Barnard, George, 70, 71 Barrett, William, 275 Baylie, Edwin, 162 Beale, Joseph H., Jr., 188, 191, 192, 281, 283, 288 Beard, Jesse, 14, 18–19 Benjamin, Judah P., 96 Benjamin on Sales (Benjamin), 96 Bennett, Edmund H., 162 Bigelow, George, 85, 93–94, 107–8, 177 Bigelow, Melville M., 197 Bishop, Joel P., 92 Blackburn, Colin...

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