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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.
Peter Brett (1918-1975), Alice Erh-Soon Tay (1934-2004) and
Geoffrey Sawer (1910-1996) are key, yet largely overlooked, members
of Australia's first community of legal scholars. This book is a
critical study of how their ideas and endeavours contributed to
Australia's discipline of law and the first Australian legal
theories. It examines how three marginal figures - a Jewish man
(Brett), a Chinese woman (Tay), and a war orphan (Sawer) - rose to
prominence during a transformative period for Australian legal
education and scholarship. Drawing on in-depth interviews with
former colleagues and students, extensive archival research, and an
appraisal of their contributions to scholarship and teaching, this
book explores the three professors' international networks and
broader social and historical milieux. Their pivotal leadership
roles in law departments at the University of Melbourne, University
of Sydney, and the Australian National University are also
critically assessed. Ranging from local experiences and the
concerns of a nascent Australian legal academy to the complex
transnational phenomena of legal scholarship and theory, Free Hands
and Minds makes a compelling case for contextualising law and legal
culture within society. At a time of renewed crisis in legal
education and research in the common law world, it also offers a
vivid, nuanced and critical account of the enduring liberal
foundations of Australia's discipline of law.
Peter Brett (1918-1975), Alice Erh-Soon Tay (1934-2004) and
Geoffrey Sawer (1910-1996) are key, yet largely overlooked, members
of Australia's first community of legal scholars. This book is a
critical study of how their ideas and endeavours contributed to
Australia's discipline of law and the first Australian legal
theories. It examines how three marginal figures - a Jewish man
(Brett), a Chinese woman (Tay), and a war orphan (Sawer) - rose to
prominence during a transformative period for Australian legal
education and scholarship. Drawing on in-depth interviews with
former colleagues and students, extensive archival research, and an
appraisal of their contributions to scholarship and teaching, this
book explores the three professors' international networks and
broader social and historical milieux. Their pivotal leadership
roles in law departments at the University of Melbourne, University
of Sydney, and the Australian National University are also
critically assessed. Ranging from local experiences and the
concerns of a nascent Australian legal academy to the complex
transnational phenomena of legal scholarship and theory, Free Hands
and Minds makes a compelling case for contextualising law and legal
culture within society. At a time of renewed crisis in legal
education and research in the common law world, it also offers a
vivid, nuanced and critical account of the enduring liberal
foundations of Australia's discipline of law.
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