Integrating Socio-Legal Studies into the Law Curriculum

An important collection examining how socio-legal studies and empirical legal research can be integrated into the law curriculum, looking at both core qualifying subjects and stand-alone socio-legal modules, and considering theoretical and methodological approaches combined with practical examples.

A practical guide to a growing academic area Will be of interest to every law department in England and Wales (and elsewhere in the UK) Written by wellknown experts in the field Part of Palgrave's new Sociolegal studies series

Autorentext
CAROLINE HUNTER Professor of Law at York Law School, University of York, UK.

Inhalt

Themes, Challenges and Overcoming Barriers; C.Hunter.- PART I: DEVELOPING MODULES AND ASSESSMENT.- Socio-legal Studies Module: the Bristol Experience; M.McDermont, B.Morgan & D.Cowan.- Applied Research Methods and Law Reform: the Leeds Experience; P.Vincent-Jones& S.Blandy.- Innovations in Assessment: Family Law at Sheffield; P.Russell.- PART II: SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES IN THE FOUNDATION SUBJECTS.- Property Law and Equity; R.Auchmuty.- Contract Law; L.Mulcahy & S.Wheeler.- Tort Law; K.Devine.- Public Law; S.Halliday.- Criminal Law; M.Weait.- EU Law; C.O'Brien.