Miscellaneous correspondence, 1889-1936. Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Chafee, Zechariah, 1885-1957

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Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, in 1907. Later, he received a law degree from Harvard University, completing his LL.B. in 1913. He was influenced by the theories of sociological Jurisprudence presented by Roscoe Pound and others at Harvard. He met Harold J. Laski, a political scientist and later a leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, who became a lifelong friend, there. He practiced at the law fir...

Morgan, Edmund Morris, 1878-1966

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Professor of law. Harvard A.B., 1902, A.M., 1903. LL.B, 1905. Yale A.M., 1919. Law practice Duluth, Minn., 1907-1912. Prof. law U. of Minn., 1912-1917; Yale, 1917-1925; Harvard, 1925-1950; Vanderbilt, 1950-1966. Chairman in Office of Defense to draft uniform military justice code. In Judge Advocate's office, U.S. Army, 1917-1919. Member, Advisory Committee, U.S. Supreme Court on Rules of Civil Procedure. Author of: The Legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti (1948); Cases on Evidence (1934, 1942); Introduc...

Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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Louis Brandeis (b. November 13, 1856, Louisville, Kentucky – d. October 5, 1941, Washington D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1916 until 1939. Brandeis was the Court’s 67th justice and its first Jewish-American justice. He was the son of immigrants from Bohemia, who came to Kentucky from Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1877, and before becoming a judge, served as a lawyer at Warren & B...

Arnold, John Himes, 1839-1931.

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John Himes Arnold was librarian of the law library at Harvard from 1872 to 1913. From the description of Letters to Christopher Columbus Langdell and Joseph H. Beale, 1892, 1898. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338961 Arnold was librarian at the Harvard Law School library from 1872 to 1913. From the description of Memorandum book, 1893-1894. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 78126583 ...

Adams, Edward Ben, 1934-....

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Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

Harvard Law School. Association (1886-)

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Membership in the Association, founded in 1886, was open to all graduates, former members, and present second and third year students of the Harvard Law School. The objects of the Association were to "advance the cause of legal education, to promote the interests and increase the usefulness of the Harvard Law School, and to promote mutual acquaintance and good fellowship among all members of the Association." From the description of Records of the Harvard Law School Association, 1886...

Lane, Alfred C. (Alfred Church), 1863-

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906

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Attorney, legal scholar. Dane Prof. of Law, 1870-1900, Harv. L.S.; Dean, 1870-1895; Dane Prof. Emeritus, 1900-1906. From the description of Research notes and correspondence, 1870-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 713338600 Langdell graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1851, he earned a Harvard Law School LL.B. in 1853. He taught law and was Dean of the Harvard Law School. From the description of General information about...