A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL HISTORY

Richard Helmholtz: "Law is a learned profession. It should be about more than just making money. A lot of learning comes from understanding the past of what you're doing. You see yourself as part of something that's been going on since the twelfth century, and even before that in Roman times. If you have a new idea, it has to fit within this system that has developed over the ages." From Meredith Heagney, "Worth a Volume of Logic: The Study of Legal History at the Law School," The University of Chicago Law School Record (The Interdisciplinary Issue) (Spring 2014), at 40, 45.