The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education

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.

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The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education.- Reflections on Globalization and University Life.- Building the World Community Through Legal Education.- Integrating Practical Training and Professional Legal Education.- Internationalizing the American Law School Curriculum (in Light of the Carnegie Foundation's Report).- Resolving Multicultural Legal Cases: A Bottom Up Perspective on the Internationalization of Law.- Maternity Leave Laws in the United States in the Light of European Legislation.- Convergence and Mutual Recognition in European Asylum Law.- Copyright Protection for Works of Foreign Origin.- The Internationalization of Internet Law.