Law School Legal Education in America from the 1850s to The 1980s |
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| Author:
| Stevens, Robert |
| Series title: | Studies in Legal History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4175-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1987 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Traces the development of law schools, the legal profession, and legal thought, relating their evolution to intellectual, political, and social trends. Stevens describes how the establishment gained power over education after 1920 and how, in the past two decades, both students and the practicing profession have questioned this authority.
Traces the development of law schools, the legal profession, and legal thought, relating their evolution to intellectual, political, and social trends. Stevens describes how the establishment gained power over education after 1920 and how, in the past two decades, both students and the practicing profession have questioned this authority.