The internationalisation of legal education : the future practice of law / edited by William van Caenegem [and] Mary Hiscock.

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2014.

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Law -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.

International education -- Congresses.

Law and globalisation -- Congresses.

International law -- Study and teaching.

1. Breeding lawyers for the global village : the internationalisation of law and legal education

2. Internationalisation and different national philosophies of legal education : convergence, divergence and contestability

3. Isolationism, democratisation and globalisation : legal education in a developing country

4. Continuing the internationalisation debate : philosophies of legal education, issues in curriculum design and lessons from skills integration

5. Japanese legal education reform : a lost opportunity to end the cult(ure) of the national bar examination and internationalise curricula?

6. Legal education in the era of glocalisation : what makes for market failure?

7. Ignoring the civil law/common law divide in an integrated legal world

8. Teaching comparative law in the 'Asian Century'

9. Doctrine, perspectives and skills for global practice

10. Legal education in a globalised world : micro/macro reforms and international outsourcing for developing countries

11. The internationalisation of legal education : an opportunity for human rights?

12. If only I knew then what I need to know now : lessons from the futurel

13. Preparing law students for an international legal practice through law school tutorials

14. Does cross-examination translate?

15. Advocacy before an international arbitral tribunal

16. Conclusion.

This edited collection is the result of a 2012 symposium on "Internationalisation, Curriculum and the Future Practice of Law" and follows the 2010 book The Internationalisation of Law: Legislation, Decision-Making, Practice and Education. With a narrower focus on what internationalisation means for legal education, the book addresses a wide range of current issues in legal education from both a practical and a theoretical perspective. There are interesting chapters on other domestic approaches to legal education, including chapters on the challenges of legal education in a developing nation such as South Africa and the process of legal education reform in Japan. Contributors from the coalface of Australian legal education discuss the practical realities of trying to internationalise the curriculum in a holistic way while complying with the requirements of the Priestly list and preparing students for the realities of legal practice in a marketplace which is rapidly oversaturated with law graduates.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781783474530

xvii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm