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In disregard of this provision Mr. Spooner opened a law-office in Worcester, and this bold step, enforced by an argument which he printed and circulated among the members of the legislature, secured the repeal of the obnoxious law forthwith.
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Both opinions are what is sometimes called "law-office history," in which each side engages in shamelessly (and shamefully) selective readings of the historical record in order to support what one strongly suspects are pre-determined positions.
Sanford Levinson: DC v. Heller: A Dismaying Performance By The Supreme Court 2008
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Both opinions exhibit the worst kind of “law-office history,” in which each side engages in shamelessly and shamefully selective readings of the historical record in order to support what one strongly suspects are pre-determined positions.
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Both opinions exhibit the worst kind of “law-office history,” in which each side engages in shamelessly and shamefully selective readings of the historical record in order to support what one strongly suspects are pre-determined positions.
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Both opinions exhibit the worst kind of “law-office history,” in which each side engages in shamelessly and shamefully selective readings of the historical record in order to support what one strongly suspects are pre-determined positions.
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Particularly in the East, law school gave the student a prestige that law-office training could not match.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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One wishes a similar job could be done for the Wall Street lawyer of the late nineteenth century; but there is at least some raw material in the law-office histories that have appeared, notably, Robert T. Swaine, The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819-1947, Vol I, The Predecessor Firms, 1819-1906 1946.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Particularly in the East, law school gave the student a prestige that law-office training could not match.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Particularly in the East, law school gave the student a prestige that law-office training could not match.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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One wishes a similar job could be done for the Wall Street lawyer of the late nineteenth century; but there is at least some raw material in the law-office histories that have appeared, notably, Robert T. Swaine, The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819-1947, Vol I, The Predecessor Firms, 1819-1906 1946.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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