The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826-1906

Contents

contents Acknowledgments xi A Note on Style and Monetary Values xv Introduction 1 chapter one Boyhood and Youth, 1826–1854 11 chapter two Lawyer on Wall Street, 1855–1870 42 chapter three Scholar, 1870–1881 84 chapter four Teacher, 1870–1881 130 chapter five Faculty, 1870–1900 166 chapter six The First Dean, 1870–1886 193 chapter seven Students, 1876–1882 233 chapter eight Triumph and Betrayal, 1886–1890s 264 chapter nine Poor Old White-Whiskers, 1895–1906 309 appendix one Nicholas St. John Green 347 appendix two Langdell’s Analogies between Law and Natural Science 349 bibliography Arranged Alphabetically by Abbreviated Titles 353 cases cited Arranged Alphabetically by Abbreviated Titles 415 Index 419 illustrations, tables, and figure Illustrations Schoolhouse where Langdell taught in Dedham, Massachusetts, circa 1849 30 Dane Hall, Law School, Harvard College, 1850s 41 Wall Street, Half Past Two O’clock, October 13, 1857 (1858) 58 C. C. Langdell, circa 1870 83 Classroom in Dane Hall, Harvard Law School, 1870s 141 Emory Washburn, circa 1870 168 James Barr Ames, circa 1874 172 Harvard Law School faculty, circa 1900 192 James B. Thayer, circa 1880 217 Austin Hall floor plan, 1883 230 C. C. Langdell, 1890s 282 Charles W. Eliot, 1902 301 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., circa 1902 329 Tables table 1 “Aggregate Marks” for Langdell and Selected Classmates during Spring Semester 1849 25 table 2 Geographical and Chronological Distribution of Cases in Cases on Contracts (1871) 91 table 3 Full-Time hls Professors Classified by Years in Legal Practice, 1870–1900 191 table 4 Average Grades in First-Year Subjects Awarded by hls Faculty, 1869–76 213 table 5 Results of Annual Examinations for First-Year Classes at hls, 1870–80 214 table 6 Chronology of Key Reforms, Enrollment, and Tuition at hls, 1870–86 222 table 7 Schedule of First-Year Courses for Jones and Wigglesworth, 1876–77 236 table 8 Schedule of First-Year Courses for Edmund M. Parker, 1879–80 255 table 9 Periods of Langdell’s Academic Publishing and Teaching, 1870–1906 313 Figure figure 1 Student enrollment at hls from 1870–71 to 1894–95 269 ...