Emotions in the Law School: Transforming Legal Education Through the Passions

ISBN-13: 9781032240510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 198 str.

Emma Jones

Opis

This book argues for a more holistic form of legal education in which emotions play a valuable (and valued) role. This requires a new vision for law schools, in which emotions are acknowledged and embedded at all levels, institutional and personal.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Passions and prejudices in the law school;  2. Chapter 1: Enmity and exclusion within legal education;  3. Chapter 2: A broadening scope, or reason revisited?;  4. Chapter 3: Emotions as a transformative force;  5. Chapter 4: Situating emotions within the politics and policies of academia;  6. Chapter 5: Embracing emotions within learning;  7. Chapter 6: Healthy, wealthy and wise? Law student wellbeing;  8. Chapter 7: Creating an emotionally-engaged legal academy;  9. Conclusion: Feeling our way towards transformation

O autorze

Dr Emma Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Teaching Director at The Open University Law School. Her research focuses on the role of emotion and wellbeing in legal education and the legal profession.