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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. -:11so termed case method; case system; Langdell method. Cf. HORNBOOK METHOD.