The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education

ISBN-13: 9781402094934 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 222 str.

Jan Klabbers; Mortimer Sellers

Opis

The essays in this collection are based on papers originally presented at the sixth meeting of the European-American Consortium for Legal Education, held at the University of Helsinki, Finland in May, 2007. EACLE is a transatlantic consortium of law faculties dedicated to co- eration and to the exchange of ideas between different legal systems and cultures. Each year the EACLE colloquium considers a speci?c legal qu- tion from a variety of national perspectives. The 2007 initiative on "The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education" was coordinated by the staff of the University of Helsinki Faculty of Law and the Academy of F- land Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research. We would like to thank those who attended the 2007 meeting for their insightful remarks, and for their inspiration, suggestions, and encouragement in making this volume and the EACLE consortium so effective in fostering greater trans- lantic cooperation on law and legal education. Thanks are also due to the faculty, staff and students of the Center for International and Comparative Law who prepared this volume for publication, and particularly to Morad Eghbal, James Maxeiner, Kathryn Spanogle, Jordan Kobb, Astarte Daley, Suzanne Conklin, P. Hong Le, P- tima Lele, Nicholas McKinney, Shandon Phan, T.J. Sachse, Katherine Si- son, Toscha Stoner-Silbaugh, Bjorn ] Thorstensen, Ryan Webster, and Cheri Wendt-Taczak.

Spis treści

Preface.- Notes on Contributors.- 1. The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education; Mortimer Sellers.- 2. Reflections on Globalization and University Life; Jan Klabbers.- 3. Building the World Community Through Legal Education; Claudio Grossman.- 4. Integrating Practical Training and Professional Legal Education; James Maxeiner.- 5. Internationalizing the American Law School Curriculum (in Light of the Carnegie Foundation’s Report); Larry Catá Backer.- 6. Resolving Multicultural Legal Cases: A Bottom Up Perspective on the Internationalization of Law; Wibo Van Rossum.- 7. Maternity Leave Laws in the United States in the Light of European Legislation; Candace Kovacic-Fleisher.- 8. Convergence and Mutual Recognition in European Asylum Law; Ida Staffans.- 9. Copyright Protection for Works of Foreign Origin; Tyler Ochoa.- 10. The Internationalization of Internet Law; Paul Przemyslaw Polanski.- Index.

Blurb

The internationalization of commerce and contemporary life has led to a globalization of legal standards and practices that is beginning to be reflected in legal education.  This volume gathers the insights of leading legal scholars from numerous jurisdictions to consider how the culture and the education of their own lawyers serve or should serve the new international reality. Law firms, law schools, universities, courts and other legal institutions must make themselves more "international" to support the national interests of their clients and governments better. This requires new attitudes, new legal rules and new forms of practical instruction. The essays collected in this volume explore the reality of legal globalization and suggest some ways in which the emerging multinational and multicultural legal order could be made more just and effective.