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Book SynopsisThese essays deal with the academic discipline of law as an enterprise that includes not only education, but also scholarship, legal theorizing, and the production of legal literature. They result in an exploration of the study of law and a reappraisal of the role, culture, and practices of law schools.
Trade ReviewI found this book... quite inspirational ... Professor Twining has covered a large canvas in this collection of essays. He has done so in both a clear and engaging manner ... written with a refreshing breadth of vision ... this is a book which sums up in an engagingly personal way most of the important developments in legal education in the past forty years... * J. P. S. McLaren, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, British Columbia, La Revue du Barreau Canadien, vol. 77, 1998. *
Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Camel in the Zoo ; 3. Reflections on Law in Context ; 4. Pericles and the Plumber ; 5. 1836 and All That ; 6. Taking Facts Seriously ; 7. Evidence and Legal Theory ; 8. Theory in the Law Curriculum ; 9. Legal Skills and Legal Education ; 10. Karl Llewellyn and the Modern Skills Movement ; 11. Reading Law ; 12. The Reading Law Cookbook ; 13. Preparing Lawyers for the Twenty-first Century ; 14. What are Law Schools For? ; 15. Pericles Regained? ; 16. A Nobel Prize for Law?
