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The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic - Softcover

Smits, Jan M.

 
9781782540380: The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1782540385 ISBN 13: 9781782540380
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

In a context of changing times and current debate, this highly topical book discusses the aims, methods and organization of legal scholarship.

Jan Smits assesses the recent turn away from doctrinal research towards a more empirical and theoretical way of legal investigation and offers a fresh perspective on what it is that legal academics should deal with and how they should do it. The book also considers the consequences which follow for the organization of the legal discipline by universities and uses this context to discuss the key questions of the internationalization of law schools, quality assessments, legal education and the research culture.

Being the first book to address the aim and goals of legal scholarship in an international context, this insightful study will appeal to academics, graduate students, researchers and policymakers in higher education.

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About the Author

Jan M. Smits, Professor of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Netherlands

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1782540385
ISBN 13 
9781782540380
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192