书目名称 | Doctoral Degree Programs in Law |
副标题 | An International and |
编辑 | Kenneth K. Mwenda |
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概述 | Offers a uniquely international and comparative perspective not provided by any other book on the topic.Breaks new ground in the field of legal education.Written by a leading scholar who has taught at |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Law |
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描述 | .This book offers a critical and insightful study of various doctoral programs in law, focusing on the English-speaking world. That the structures of doctoral degree programs in law differ between the United States and much of the Commonwealth are an issue that requires no debate. What is missing in the discourse, however, is a narrative on how these programs are structured and how they compare. This book attempts to fill that gap. A key objective of the study is to provide an international and comparative analysis of the efficacy of the American- and British-styled models of law doctorates. In so doing, it provides a conceptual and theoretical framework for the development of effective doctoral programs in law, contending that the defining characteristic of a doctorate is that it recognizes an independent contribution to the subject rather than the completion of taught coursework, however, advanced. The book goes on to examine the concept of a higher doctorate in law as a possible means of strengthening the concept of a law doctorate in legal academia..This book was written against the backdrop of the recently adopted Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerni |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD/JSD); Juris Doctor (JD); PhD in Law; Higher Doctorate; Legal education; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88421-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-88420-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-88421-5Series ISSN 2192-855X Series E-ISSN 2192-8568 |
issn_series | 2192-855X |
copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |