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Christopher Columbus Langdell

1826–1906

Lawyer and legal scholar. Practised law in New York city, 1854–70. Dane Professor, Harvard law school, 1870–1900; dean, 1870–95. Best known for introducing the case method in legal education.

Source

ANB.

Bibliography

ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.

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