Aspiration and Reality in Legal Education

Using extensive and novel new research, this book explores one of the long-standing challenges in legal education - the prospects for bringing legal theory into the training of future lawyers.

List of contents

Acknowledgments 
 
1. The Lawyer As Citizen: Integrating Theory and Practice in Legal Education
2. Contracts and the Eclectic Toolkit of Legal Reasoning 
3. Promise and Performance in Canadian Contracts Casebooks 
4. Making Better Lawyers: The Aspiration to Translate Theory into Practice 
5. The Failure to Operationalize: Realism and Formalism in Canadian Contracts Teaching
6. Transcending Langdell: Agency, Structure, and Transformation in Contemporary Legal Education 
Works Cited

About the author

David Sandomierski is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Western University.

Summary

Using extensive and novel new research, this book explores one of the long-standing challenges in legal education – the prospects for bringing legal theory into the training of future lawyers.

Product details

• Authors: David Sandomierski
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781487505943
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0594-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Pädagogik, EDUCATION / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, LAW / General, Legal Reference / Law Profession