Full Description
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
Contents
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
