Legal Education in Asia: Globalization, Change and Contexts / Edition 1

by Stacey Steele, Kathryn Taylor

Overview

Legal education is undergoing rapid change throughout Asia. This book is a critique of the changing nature of legal education in major Asian jurisdictions as diverse as Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. It provides cross-country comparative material, including Western legal education systems, and particularly detailed coverage of Japan, whose legal education system has been used by many other countries in Asia as a model to imitate. Despite the diverse histories, societies, traditions and political and economic situations of these countries, they all share common themes of change, renewal and reform in their legal education systems. The jurisdictions also generally tend to be embracing globalisation, despite (or in some instances because of) the association of globalisation with other movements, such as the development of market economies and neo-liberal ideals.

This is the first significant collection available in English on the subject of pre-qualification legal education in Asia, providing a valuable multi-jurisdictional tool for academics and students of Asian legal studies, law reformers, governance experts, development practitioners and lawyers working in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415494335
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/2009
Series:	Routledge Law in Asia
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stacey Steele is Associate Director at Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. Kathryn Taylor is the Manager of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne Law School.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction – Legal Education in Asia: Globalization, Change and Contexts 2. The Study of Asian Legal Systems in Australia and Professor Malcolm D.H. Smith: They Called Him ‘Mal’ Part 2: Legal Education: Globalization and Contexts 3. Gatekeepers: A Comparative Critique of Admission to the Legal Profession and Japan’s New Law Schools 4. Internationalization of Legal Education: Putting the ‘Why’ Before The ‘How’ 5. Teaching and Researching Japanese Law: A German Perspective Part 3: Legal Education in Developed Economies 6. Legal Education in Hong Kong: Producing The Producers 7. Thinking of the Development of Legal Education in Taiwan: An Analysis of the History Of Law and Society 8. Legal Education in Singapore and the Introduction of a New Law School at the Singapore Management University: A New Chapter Begins 9. Legal Education In Korea: New Law School Reforms Part 4: Country Case Study – Japan 10. Creation of Japanese Law Schools and their Current Development 11. Butaman for Breakfast and Other Morsels of Legal Reasoning Part 5: Legal Education In Transitional Economies 12. Asia’s Legal Education as Development 13. Effectiveness of Donor-Funded Legal Education: A Vietnamese Retrospective 14. Legal Education in the People’s Republic Of China: The Ongoing Story of Politics and Law 15. Legal Education in Cambodia: Shunning the Course Of History 16. Islamic Legal Education in Indonesia: Tradition in Transition

Editorial Reviews

"The book is an important contribution for students, practitioners and others interested in learning about their counterparts from Asian–Pacific countries, and it should be part of any collection supporting this inquiry, along with classics such as Abel and Lewis’s Lawyers in Society and Felstiner’s Reorganisation and Resistance. Just as U.S. law students need these and more to prepare for working in a global environment, those involved in reforming U.S. legal education will find the book a valuable resource for honing their peripheral vision." - Carole Silver; 61 Journal of Legal Education 691 (2012)

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