William Callyhan Robinson

William Callyhan Robinson (26 July 1834 – 6 November 1911) was an American jurist and academic. Quotes An experience of several years, in the direction of legal studies, has convinced the author, that the progress of the student, in the different branches of the law, is vastly facilitated by a previous examination of those branches collectively, and with reference to their relations to each other. Elementary Law (1882) For more than forty years I have been a frequenter of court-rooms, and have studied the modes in which the trials of causes are conducted from the various points of view of a spectator, a court officer, a participating counsel, and a judge. The conviction was long since forced upon my mind that the enormous waste of time and energy involved in these proceedings is due to a want of method in preparing and presenting causes, whereby the conflicts of the forum, which should consist in the concentration of well ordered forces on the exact points of attack and defence, degenerate into a guerilla warfare of indefinite duration, characterized by irregular and often fruitless sallies, surprises, and retreats. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates (1893) Quotes about William Callyhan Robinson His thorough knowledge of law made him eminent as a teacher and enabled him to render important service to the Church. Edward Aloysius Pace, William Callyhan Robinson (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1834 births Category:Dartmouth College alumni Category:Yale University alumni Category:1911 deaths