The Papers of John C. McCoid II
Scope and Contents
Dates
- Majority of material found in 1950-1953, 1968, 1972
Creator
- McCoid, John C., II, 1928-2016 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
McCoid relied upon the Socratic method not only in the classroom, but with his colleagues, working through questions and cases rather than relying upon rules. As his colleague George Rutherglen wrote, “It is rare to find a law professor as interested as John in discovering what the limits of any general statement about the law might be.” This approach earned him the respect of law faculty and students throughout his teaching career. A dozen members of the class of 1971 surprised McCoid by showing up at the last class he taught at Virginia Law. As former student and fellow faculty member Earl C. Dudley put it: “John McCoid walked a wonderful tightrope between gentle decency and bracing intellectual challenge. He was not called ‘The Cobra’ for nothing.”
Extent
18 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Creator
- McCoid, John C., II, 1928-2016 (Person)
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- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
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