American Legal Education Abroad - Critical Histories (Hardcover)

A critical history of the Americanization of legal education in fourteen countries The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the export of American power-both hard and soft-throughout the world. What role did US cultural and economic imperialism play in legal education? American Legal Education Abroad offers an unprecedented and surprising picture of the history of legal education in fourteen countries beyond the United States. Each study in this book represents a critical history of the Americanization of legal education, reexamining prevailing narratives of exportation, transplantation, and imperialism. Collectively, these studies challenge the conventional wisdom that American ideas and practices have dominated globally. Editors Susan Bartie and David Sandomierski and their contributors suggest that to understand legal education and to respond thoughtfully to the mounting present-day challenges, it is essential to look beyond a particular region and consider not only the ideas behind legal education but also the broader historical, political, and cultural factors that have shaped them. American Legal Education Abroad begins with an important foundational history by leading Harvard Law School historian Bruce Kimball, who explains the factors that created a transportable American legal model, and the book concludes with reflections from two prominent American law professors, Susan Carle and Bob Gordon, whose observations on recent disruptions within US law schools suggest that their influence within the global order of legal education may soon fall into further decline. This book should be considered an invaluable resource for anyone in the field of law.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2021
Editors:	Susan Bartie • David Sandomierski
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-4798-0358-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Law > International law > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal profession > General
LSN:	1-4798-0358-8
Barcode:	9781479803583

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