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a method of teaching or studying law that focuses on analysis and discussion of cases.[1885-90]
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case system
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case system — n. A method of teaching law by having law students read and analyze cases. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. case system The method of studyi … Law dictionary
Case system — (Law) The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive study of leading or selected cases, with or without the use of textbooks for reference and collateral reading. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
case system — ☆ case system n. a method of legal training by which students analyze and discuss selected cases and decisions rather than systematically study textbooks on law … English World dictionary
case system — case′ sys tem n. law a method of teaching law that focuses on analysis and discussion of selected cases rather than on textbook instruction … From formal English to slang
case system — noun Date: circa 1889 a system of teaching law in which instruction is chiefly on the basis of leading or selected cases as primary authorities instead of from textbooks called also case method … New Collegiate Dictionary
case system — noun Etymology: case (I) : a system of teaching law in which the instruction is chiefly on the basis of leading or selected cases as primary authorities instead of from textbooks … Useful english dictionary
case system — a method of teaching based on the logical analysis of, and deductions formed from, reported cases of disease … Medical dictionary
case system — A method of teaching or studying the science of the law by a study of the cases historically, or by the inductive method. It was introduced in the Law School of Harvard University in 1869 70 by Christopher C. Langdell, Dane Professor of Law. See… … Black's law dictionary
case system — A method of teaching or studying the science of the law by a study of the cases historically, or by the inductive method. It was introduced in the Law School of Harvard University in 1869 70 by Christopher C. Langdell, Dane Professor of Law. See… … Black's law dictionary
case system — The method of the study of law, now prevailing in the United States, by the analysis of actual cases in court and the opinions rendered therein by the justices … Ballentine's law dictionary
