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7. Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure; Bankruptcy.
Professor Lile.
After consideration of the origin and rise of the chancery jurisdiction,
the student is led carefully through the usual subjects of equitable cognizance,
and thence into the methods of procedure, as recognized in the
High Court of Chancery in England, and as modified by statute or by
rules of court in America. The contrast between legal and equitable
principles and procedure is constantly adverted to, and the student is
incited to the appreciation and cultivation of the fine sense of moral right
underlying the doctrines of technical equity. The procedure in the Federal
courts of chancery and in the Chancery courts of Virginia (where
the distinction between legal and equitable procedure is still maintained)
is made the basis of instruction. Practical work is required in draughting
the various forms and pleadings, from the subpœna to the final decree.
In the law of Bankruptcy, sufficient instruction is given to afford to
the student a fair working knowledge of general principles, and effort is
made to secure as great familiarity as possible with the specific provisions
of the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898, and the prescribed rules of procedure
thereunder.—September 16 to February 1—Three times a week.
Text-Books.—Merwin's Equity; Text-books on Equity Practice and Bankruptcy
(to be announced); The Professor's Notes.
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