Word: legally
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second communication about the establishment of a course in Common Law. Our correspondent speaks only of the advantage to those preparing for the study of law. We think that such a course would be exceedingly valuable even to those who do not think at all of the legal profession. A knowledge of common law, such as might be gained from a full or even a half course of lectures, would be valuable to any man, regard less of his intended occupation or profession; while it would be especially valuable to one who was to become a business man. We believe...
...Commentaries be catalogued under the subject of History for the next year? The course would not only prove valuable, but popular, and would be pursued, not only by those who are preparing for the Law School, but by others who would take it as the finish to their legal political education...
...number of students in college. Every man, especially he who intends to go into business, ought to know at least the elements of law; indeed it is a part, and a very essential part of a liberal education to have some insight, however slight, into the wokings of the legal machine, and there is no course in the Law School which is calculated to give this knowledge. Such a course should be comprehensive, but free from technicalities. Some of the law professors could deliver the lectures, and the expense therefore could not be very great. We earnestly hope that...
...Harvard Dining Association is threatened with legal proceedings, and a suit for defamation of character...
...England, though teachable, will be ignorant. What is the effect of living under a rigid constitution ? In America the constitution is found in every house and taught in every school, and can be read aloud in seventeen minutes. The consequence of this is that politics tend to become legal, and the Bar has far more importance than in England, where Parliament is omnipotent. Americans often say that their whole political history has been a struggle of strict as against loose constructionists. It is only fair to say that the American constitution works well, because it was imposed on a people...