Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

1-8-2005

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Abstract

Abstract of David I Durham and Paul M Pruitt Jr editors Wade Keyes Introductory Lecture to the Montgomery Law School Legal Education in MidNineteenth Century Alabama Tuscaloosa University of Alabama School of Law 2001 Iv 45 pages illustrations Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library Number TwoThis book consists of essays by the editors followed by an edited version of a lecture delivered by Wade Keyes 18211879 in March 1860 to the students of his Montgomery Alabama law school Keyes was already a scholar of some note a recognized authority on future interests and a former Chancery Court judge His school lasted only a year before the onset of the Civil War forced him to close it but Keyes showed the quality of his mind in his introductory lecture printed at the request of his students and here presented in typographical facsimile In it he proposes study and work habits appropriate to students and seasoned professionals alike quoting extensively from Coke He also discusses economic and ethical aspects of the profession with many references to literary works both classical and modern and to contemporary eventsDavid Durhams Introduction to Wade Keyes and the Montgomery Law School outlines Keyes biography tracing his legal and educational careers his service with the Confederate Department of Justice and his subsequent work as a code commissioner Paul Pruitts Law and the Life of the Mind Wade Keyes as Legal Educator puts the lecture into pedagogical and ethical context

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