Academic Learning in Law

Theoretical Positions, Teaching Experiments and Learning Experiences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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The nature and purpose of legal education has become a topic of intense debate in recent years. This timely book calls for a critical re-evaluation of university legal education, with the particular aim of strengthening its academic nature. The contributors emphasise lecturers' responsibility to challenge the assumptions students have about law, and the importance of putting law in a theoretical and social context that allows for critical reflection and sceptical detachment. In addition, the book reports upon teaching experiences and innovations, offering tools for teachers to strengthen the academic nature of legal education, and concludes with concrete proposals for change. Students and scholars engaged in the debate regarding the re-evaluation of academic legal education will find this book invaluable to their work. It will also be of interest to practitioners, such as educational experts and administrators looking to understand the role of law schools in creating responsible citizens.Contributors include: T. Bleeker, A. Böning, L. Corrias, U. de Vries, M. Del Mar, L. Francot, S. Germain, T. Hutchinson, B. Oomen, C. Schwöbel-Patel, B. Sokhi-Bulley, G. Uygur, B. van Klink, W. van Rossum

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-29
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781784714888

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Edited by Bart van Klink, Professor of Legal Methodology, Department of Legal Theory and Legal History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Ubaldus de Vries, Institute for Jurisprudence, Constitutional and Administrative Law, School of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

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'At a time when the performative demands of the neo-liberal university threaten to marginalise liberal and post-liberal traditions of critical enquiry, it is important to be reminded that a quality legal education can be both richly sceptical and imaginative. For those interested in deepening their students' empirical, normative and affective understanding of legal phenomena, and of their own place in the legal word, this collection of essays offers both a multi-faceted account of educational praxis and some persuasive examples of how we can educate better.'

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Contents:Foreword1. Introduction1Part I THEORY AND LEGAL EDUCATION2. Knowledge and Aphasia: What is the Use of Skeptical Legal EducationBart van Klink3. Re-Bildung: An Ideal Reconsidered for Legal EducationLyana Francot and Luigi Corrias4. Academic Education and SocialisationAnja Böning5. The Necessary Loneliness of Teaching (and of Being a Legal Academic)Anthony BradneyPart II Experimental Courses6. Teaching International Law Critically- Critical Pedagogy and Bildung as Orientations for Learning and TeachingChristine Schwöbel-Patel7. Learning Law Differently: The Importance of Theory and MethodologyBal Sokhi-Bulley8. Empirical Methodologies Knowledge and Expertise: A ‘Necessary’ Skill for Lawyers?Terry Hutchinson9. Visuals for a Critical Legal ReflectionWibo van Rossum10. For a New and More Diverse Comparative Legal EducationSabrina GermainPART III DIDACTIC INNOVATIONS AND LEARNING EXPERIMENT11. Orchestrating Encounters: Teaching Law at a Liberal Arts and Sciences College in the NetherlandsBarbara Oomen12. Students’ Perception and Legal EducationGülriz Uygur13. Learning How to Read a Case: Resources from the Visual and Dramatic ArtMaksymilian Del Mar14. Law & Lounge: An Experiment on Student Self-Organisation and Critique as Skeptical Reflexivity Ubaldus de Vries15. Epilogue: An Overview, Reflections and a Student’s PerspectiveTim Bleeker16. Conclusions: Concrete Proposals for Change: 14 ThesesBart van Klink and Ubaldus de VriesIndex