Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline
William Twining
Abstract
The central theme of this book is that law is a marvellous subject of study, but to do justice to its potential requires an enlargement of vision, multiple perspectives, and a radical reappraisal of the role, culture, and practices of law schools. Treating theory, education, scholarship, publishing, and professional practice as complementary activities, the book explores the history, philosophy, and practical problems of attempts to broaden the study of law in a disciplined way. It draws upon personal experience of law schools throughout the common law world and special knowledge of jurisprude ... More
Keywords: law, law schools, common law, jurisprudence, evidence, torts, legal method, legal theory, legal education, lawyers
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1997 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198264835 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198264835.001.0001 |
