Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century
Most academics in university law schools claim to offer a liberal education. Few have thought very much about what a liberal education in law means. Basing itself on a detailed examination of the theory of liberal education, this book looks at what the liberal university law school should be doing in terms of its teaching, research and administration.
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Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century
Most academics in university law schools claim to offer a liberal education. Few have thought very much about what a liberal education in law means. Basing itself on a detailed examination of the theory of liberal education, this book looks at what the liberal university law school should be doing in terms of its teaching, research and administration.
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Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century

Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century

by Anthony Bradney
Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century

Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century

by Anthony Bradney

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Most academics in university law schools claim to offer a liberal education. Few have thought very much about what a liberal education in law means. Basing itself on a detailed examination of the theory of liberal education, this book looks at what the liberal university law school should be doing in terms of its teaching, research and administration.

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ISBN-13: 9781841132488
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 04/07/2003
Product dimensions: 5.69(w) x 8.81(h) x 0.72(d)

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
1The Excitement and the Malaise: Introduction1
'Bliss is it in this dawn to be alive'1
'Disillusions as never told in the old days'17
Resistance to Power22
A Liberal Education for the Twenty-First Century27
2Holistic Education: What is a Liberal Education?31
Rhetoric and Reality31
The Theory of Liberal Education34
The Legacy of the Nineteenth Century35
Utility, Knowledge and Holistic Education39
The End of Knowledge, Liberal Education and Post-modernism44
Liberal Education, Elite Groups and Mass Education48
Liberal Education as a Mass Education51
Elite Values and Mass Education52
A Liberal Education and the Structure of the Academic Community56
3Missions for Law Schools: The Liberal University Law School63
'The business and busy-ness of the university'63
'Now, under conditions that seem unpropitious'65
'Fitful Enthusiasm'73
Pluralistic Goals and the Liberal Law School76
Entrepreneurial Universities79
Entrepreneurial Universities, Pluralistic Law Schools and a Liberal Education82
The Core Business of the Law School84
4The Pass Less Trodden: The Liberal Curriculum85
The Goals of the Curriculum85
Giving Structure to Curiosity87
Sensibility, Intelligence and a Technical Education89
Love Thy Neighbour91
The Liberal Curricula and Doctrinal Law98
Vocational Goals and Liberal Curricula101
5Conversations: Research in the Liberal Law School105
Doubts and Hesitations105
University Law Schools and Research109
Research and Teaching in Law Schools110
Reluctant Researchers113
Newman and Research in the Liberal University115
The Inevitability of Curiosity; the Inevitability of Research116
Systematising Curiosity119
Writing, Teaching and Research122
The Pluralistic Nature of Research in the Law School123
Research into What?126
6A Necessary Evil or Simply Necessary? Administration131
A Long History of Silence131
Equal and Autonomous Individuals136
Collegiality137
Collegiality and the New Universities140
Collegiality and the Tea and Coffee Fund141
Collegiality and Governance144
The Advance of Managerialism?147
Collegiality in the Modern University151
Collegiality and the Wider Legal Community152
7A Short History of Madness: Accountability, Audit and Liberal Education155
Prometheus Bound?155
The Mantra of Accountability161
Historical Notions of the Accountability of the University161
Modern Demands for Accountability162
University Law Schools and the Legal Professions164
The Law Benchmark171
Auditing Teaching176
The Research Assessment Exercise182
The Danger of Audit186
8This I Do for Love: Avocation and Vocation in the University Law School189
The Industrialisation of Academic Life189
The Unity of Avocation and Vocation193
Work-Life Balance194
Of Fairy Rings203
Index205
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