Woodcut of the monastery and the city of Sankt Gallen
4. Gratian's "hypothetical" remains an important element of law school education through the literary genre of "Questiones."
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Woodcut of the monastery and the city of Sankt Gallen |
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| 1. Gratian began teaching canon law by using the case law method (The Christopher Columbus Langdell of Bologna). Gratian was the first jurist to use this methodology for an entire work. | 2. He began teaching canon law in the early twelfth century as Adam Vetulani had conjectured fifty years ago. His purpose: Teaching, teaching, teaching. |
| 3. With the expansion of the Decretum in subsequent recensions Gratian attempted to make his work a comprehensive source of canonical sources. |
4. Gratian's "hypothetical" remains an important element of law school education through the literary genre of "Questiones." |