Overview
- 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 top law schools in Europe, North America and Africa
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Law (BRIEFSLAW)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 concerning higher education. It was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on November 25, 2019, making it the first United Nations treaty on higher education with a global scope. The target audience of the book includes scholars in higher education; scholars in legal education; law school deans and administrators; law professors and students; Ministries of Higher Education in countries around the globe; accrediting agencies for doctoral studies; bar admission and legal education societies; and UNESCO and other international organizations.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kenneth K. Mwenda heads the World Bank Voice Secondment Program (VSP) in Washington D.C. He has previously served as Senior Counsel in both the Legal Vice-Presidency and Integrity Vice-Presidency of the World Bank in Washington D.C. A Rhodes Scholar, Prof Mwenda is widely published and has taught at top universities in Europe, North America and Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Doctoral Degree Programs in Law
Book Subtitle: An International and Comparative Study of the English-Speaking World
Authors: Kenneth K. Mwenda
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88421-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88420-8Published: 06 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88421-5Published: 05 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2192-855X
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8568
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 109
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Public International Law , Higher Education, Public Policy, Social Philosophy