casebook method

casebook method. An inductive system of teaching law in which students study specific cases to learn general legal principles. • Professor Christopher C. Langdell introduced the technique at Harvard Law School in 1869. The casebook method is now the most widely used form of instruction in American law schools. — Also termed case method; case system; Langdell method. Cf. SOCRATIC METHOD; HORNBOOK METHOD.

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