Class notes of John Willard Bickford, 1864-1865.

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Class notes of John Willard Bickford, 1864-1865.

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Contains Bickford's notes before and while a student at Harvard Law School. The first section focuses on Blackstone's commentaries re-arranged by Bickford. The next section deals exclusively with moot court trials and briefs held at the law school. The final section consists of notes of lectures given by Joel Parker on bailments.

1 v. (200 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 7115076

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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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...

Parker, Joel, 1795-1875

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Bickford, John Willard, d. 1866.

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Bickford was from Hillsborough, New Hampshire. He entered Harvard Law School in 1865 but his career was ended when he drowned in the Charles River on June 26, 1866. From the description of Class notes of John Willard Bickford, 1864-1865. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236086269 ...

Blackstone, William, 1723-1780

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The noted jurist, judge, and legal writer William Blackstone established the study of England's common law as an accepted academic discipline, and his Oxford lectures were published in 1765-1769 as the famous and influential Commentaries on the Laws of England. In the years since then, in numerous editions and translations, this work provided the definitive account of the state of English law in the mid-18th century. From the description of Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on ...