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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.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Remembering Lysander Spooner: 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    2008 June 26 « Lean Left 2008

  • 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.

    2008 June « Lean Left 2008

  • 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.

    Heller Open Thread « Lean Left 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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