Piety and Profession: Simon Greenleaf and the Case of the Stillborn Bowdoin Law School, 1850–1861

Authors

Alfred S. Konefsky, University at Buffalo School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2012

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Abstract

In 1850, Bowdoin College turned to former Harvard professor Simon Greenleaf when it sought to establish a law school. Although the school did not materialize, Greenleaf wrote a remarkable report that reveals anxieties about the profession, competing visions of legal education, and controversies over the meaning of the science of law in antebellum New England.

DOI

10.1162/TNEQ_a_00232

Publication Title

New England Quarterly

First Page

695

Last Page

734

Comments

Originally published 85(4) The New England Quarterly 695-734 (Dec. 2012). © 2012 by The New England Quarterly.

Required Text

Originally published 85(4) The New England Quarterly 695-734 (Dec. 2012). © 2012 by The New England Quarterly.

Recommended Citation

Alfred S. Konefsky, Piety and Profession: Simon Greenleaf and the Case of the Stillborn Bowdoin Law School, 1850–1861, 85 New Eng. Q. 695 (2012).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/811