Langdell excluded even the ancient Statute of Frauds from his casebook

Evidence

Practically speaking, no statute was permitted to enter the harem of common law, not even the Statute of Frauds, which was so old and barnacled with doctrine that it was almost not a statute at all. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3525

Categorization

• CANDY: The memorable ‘harem of common law’ image and the Statute of Frauds quip make a tweetable nugget.
• XREF: connects to: Langdell’s curriculum excluded statutory and constitutional law as unscientific — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3528