The Prophet of Harvard Law - James Bradley Thayer and His Legal Legacy (Hardcover)

Amid the halls of Harvard Law, a professor of legend, James Bradley Thayer, shaped generations of students from 1874 to 1902. His devoted protEgEs included future Supreme Court justices, appellate judges, and law school deans. The legal giants of the Progressive Era-Holmes, Brandeis, and Hand, to name only a few---came under Thayer's tutelage in their formative years.He imparted to his pupils a novel jurisprudence, attuned to modern realities, that would become known as legal realism. Thayer's students learned to confront with candor the fallibility of the bench and the uncertainty of the law. Most of all, he instilled in them an abiding faith that appointed judges must entrust elected lawmakers to remedy their own mistakes if America's experiment in self-government is to survive. In the eyes of his loyal disciples, Thayer was no mere professor; he was a prophet bequeathing to them sacred truths. His followers eventually came to preside over their own courtrooms and classrooms, and from these privileged perches they remade the law in Thayer's image. Thanks to their efforts, Thayer's insights are now commonplace truisms. The Prophet of Harvard Law draws from untouched archival sources to reveal the origins of the legal world we inhabit today. It is a story of ideas and people in equal measure. Long before judges don their robes or scholars their gowns, they are mere law students on the cusp of adulthood. At that pivotal phase, a professor can make a mark that endures forever after. Thayer's life and legacy testify to the profound role of mentorship in shaping the course of legal history.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Kansas
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Andrew Porwancher • Austin Coffey • Taylor Jipp • Jake Mazeitis
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-7006-3359-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > History > American history > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-7006-3359-6
Barcode:	9780700633593

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