Rethinking the Law School - Education, Research, Outreach and Governance

Informationen zum Autor Carel Stolker has been Rector Magnificus and President of Leiden University since February 2013. He was previously Dean of the Leiden Law School. For many years he taught a range of private law subjects. He obtained his PhD degree with a comparative study of medical malpractice law. Klappentext Written by a former dean, this book offers a unique understanding of challenges facing legal education, research, publishing and governance. Zusammenfassung Written from the perspective of a former dean! this book offers a unique understanding of the challenges facing legal education and research. It illustrates how law schools throughout the world have much in common and presents a thought-provoking discussion for a global agenda for the future of law schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Law schools: some preliminary sketches; 2. Universities and their strategic challenges; 3. Law school in search of identity; 4. Educating law students; 5. Pedagogy: teaching law students; 6. Legal scholarship: venerable and vulnerable; 7. Lawyers' ways of publishing; 8. Law schools' economic and societal impact; 9. Whose law school is it?; 10. Creating creativity in the law school; 11. Governing law schools: strategy, leadership and collegiality; 12. Towards a common agenda for law schools: some conclusions.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Carel Stolker, Carel (Universiteit Leiden) Stolker, Stolker Carel
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107423879
• ISBN: 978-1-107-42387-9
• Pages: 472
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Autres; Law, LAW / General, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, Legal profession: general