The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education

The internationalization of commerce and contemporary life has led to a globalization of legal standards and practices that is beginning to be reflected in legal education.  This volume gathers the insights of leading legal scholars from numerous jurisdictions to consider how the culture and the education of their own lawyers serve or should serve the new international reality. Law firms, law schools, universities, courts and other legal institutions must make themselves more "international" to support the national interests of their clients and governments better. This requires new attitudes, new legal rules and new forms of practical instruction. The essays collected in this volume explore the reality of legal globalization and suggest some ways in which the emerging multinational and multicultural legal order could be made more just and effective.

List of contents

The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education.- Reflections on Globalization and University Life.- Building the World Community Through Legal Education.- Integrating Practical Training and Professional Legal Education.- Internationalizing the American Law School Curriculum (in Light of the Carnegie Foundation's Report).- Resolving Multicultural Legal Cases: A Bottom Up Perspective on the Internationalization of Law.- Maternity Leave Laws in the United States in the Light of European Legislation.- Convergence and Mutual Recognition in European Asylum Law.- Copyright Protection for Works of Foreign Origin.- The Internationalization of Internet Law.

Summary

The internationalization of commerce and contemporary life has led to a globalization of legal standards and practices. The essays in this text explore this new reality and suggest ways in which the new legal order can be made more just and effective.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ja Klabbers (Editor), Jan Klabbers (Editor), Sellers (Editor), Sellers (Editor), Mortimer Sellers (Editor), Mortimer N. S. Sellers (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2011
• EAN: 9789048181407
• ISBN: 978-90-481-8140-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: XI, 222 p.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice; Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; C, Law, Private International Law, Law and Criminology, Law, general, Public International Law, Vocational Education, Conflict of Laws, comparative law, Professional & Vocational Education, Professional education, Professional and Vocational Education, Law—Philosophy, Methods, theory & philosophy of law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Industrial or vocational training