Books by Michael H. Hoeflich

Seeking to fill a gap in our knowledge of the legal history of the 19th century, this volume studies the influence of Roman and civil law upon the development of common law jurisdictions in the United States and in Great Britain.

Jurist of the 18th and 19th centuries were often in disagreement as to the proper method of instructing students who wished to take up the practice of law. This volume distills the essential elements of the controversy over legal education and offers many articles and papers on the topic that are no longer available in print. A compilation of seventeen essays by influential legal scholars of the period, it presents arguments for and against the educations approaches that dominated English and American legal study for more than two centuries.