The Internationalisation of Legal Education

The Future Practice of Law

William Van Caenegem, Mary Hiscock (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2014
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78347-453-0 (ISBN)

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For graduate lawyers to succeed in a global environment, legal education in every system must undergo revolutionary change. Professors van Caenegem and Hiscock explore in detail the new initiatives that are emerging as a response to this development and the reaction from the profession to these changes.Divided into five sections, the expert contributors of this book provide different perspectives on legal education in an ever-growing industry:

Dealing with the different national philosophies of legal education
Ignoring the civil law and common law divide - a brave new world
Evolving initiatives in legal education for global practice
International practice - attorneys' insights
Litigation and arbitration - international advocacy across borders

This book will be useful to scholars and practitioners alike who are charged with teaching law students and preparing them for the demands of practice.

Contributors: J. Basedow, L. Boo, L. Boulle, S. Chesterman, M. Coper, Justice J. Douglas, M. Hiscock, D.X. Hop, C.-F. Lo, V.I. Lo, D. O'Donovan, A. Petridis, R. Russell, S. Steele, G. Triggs, W. van Caenegem, B. Wolski

Edited by William van Caenegem, Professor of Law and Mary Hiscock, Emeritus Professor of Law, Bond University, Australia

Contents:

Preface
William van Caenegem and Mary Hiscock

1. Breeding Lawyers for the Global Village - the Internationalisation of Law and Legal Education
Jürgen Basedow

PART I: DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENT NATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES OF LEGAL EDUCATION
2. Internationalisation and Different National Philosophies of Legal Education: Convergence, Divergence and Contestability
Michael Coper

3. Isolationism, Democratisation and Globalisation – Legal Education in a Developing Country
Laurence Boulle

4. Continuing the Internationalisation Debate: Philosophies of Legal Education, Issues in Curriculum Design and Lessons from Skills Integration
Bobette Wolski

5. Japanese Legal Education Reform: A Lost Opportunity to End the Cult(ure) of the National Bar Examination and Internationalise Curricula?
Stacey Steele and Anesti Petridis

6. Legal Education in the Era of Glocalisation: What Makes for Market Failure?
Darren O’Donovan

PART II: IGNORING THE CIVIL LAW AND COMMON LAW DIVIDE – A BRAVE NEW WORLD
7. Ignoring the Civil Law/common Law Divide in an Integrated Legal World
William van Caenegem

8. Teaching Comparative Law in the ‘Asian Century’
Vai Io Lo

PART III: EVOLVING INITIATIVES IN LEGAL EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL PRACTICE
9. Doctrine, Perspectives and Skills for Global Practice
Simon Chesterman

10. Legal Education in a Globalised World: Micro/macro Reforms and International Outsourcing for Developing Countries
Chang-fa Lo

11. The Internationalisation of Legal Education: An Opportunity for Human Rights?
Gillian Triggs

PART IV: INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE: ATTORNEYS’ INSIGHTS
12. If Only I Knew then What I need to Know Now – Lessons from the Future
Rowan Russell

13. Preparing Law Students for an International Legal Practice through Law School Tutorials
Dang Xuan Hop

PART V: LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION – INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY ACROSS BORDERS
14. Does Cross-examination Translate?
James Douglas

15. Advocacy before an International Arbitral Tribunal
Lawrence Boo

16. Conclusion
William van Caenegem and Mary Hiscock

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.8.2014
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-78347-453-X / 178347453X
ISBN-13	978-1-78347-453-0 / 9781783474530
Zustand	Neuware