A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts with References and Citations

by C.C. Langdell and Christopher Columbus Langdell

The first casebook, Harvard Law School, 1871. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1871. xvi, 1022 pp. The landmark work that introduced the revolutionary idea of the "case system" to legal education, which Langdell instituted in his position as Dean at Harvard law School. A response to the European educational practice of the expository textbook as the basis of study, Langdell invented herein the use of original authorities to teach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584770015
• ISBN13: 9781584770015
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Length: 1042 Pages
• Weight: 3.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"