The Arts and the Legal Academy

Beyond Text in Legal Education

Zenon Bankowski, Maksymilian Del Mar, Paul Maharg

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Routledge
28 November 2016

Educational strategies & policy; Law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Land & real estate law; Education & the law

Series: Emerging Legal Education

In Western culture, law is dominated by textual representation. Lawyers, academics and law students live and work in a textual world where the written word is law and law is interpreted largely within written and printed discourse. Is it possible, however, to understand and learn law differently? Could modes of knowing, feeling, memory and expectation commonly present in the Arts enable a deeper understanding of law's discourse and practice? If so, how might that work for students, lawyers and academics in the classroom, and in continuing professional development?

Bringing together scholars, legal practitioners internationally from the fields of legal education, legal theory, theatre, architecture, visual and movement arts, this book is evidence of how the Arts can powerfully revitalize the theory and practice of legal education.

Through discussion of theory and practice in the humanities and Arts, linked to practical examples of radical interventions, the chapters reveal how the Arts can transform educational practice and our view of its place in legal practice. Available in enhanced electronic format, the book complements The Moral Imagination and the Legal Life, also published by Ashgate.

Edited by: Zenon Bankowski, Maksymilian Del Mar, Paul Maharg
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138277250
ISBN 10: 1138277258
Series: Emerging Legal Education
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 28 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zenon BaÅ„kowski is Emeritus Professor of Legal Theory at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh and a community mediator. He was Principal Investigator of the AHRC Beyond Text in Legal Education Project, based at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh. Paul Maharg is Professor of Law at the Australian National University, and Professor of Law at Nottingham Law School. He has published extensively in the areas of legal education and legal critique. He has worked with regulators, law firms and law schools in England, Scotland, Canada, USA, Hong Kong and Australia. Maksymilian Del Mar is Reader in Legal Theory at the Department of Law, Queen Mary, University of London. He has a PhD in Law from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in Social Science from the University of Lausanne. He is Co-Convenor of the Legal Theory and Legal History Research Group at Queen Mary.

Reviews for The Arts and the Legal Academy: Beyond Text in Legal Education

'...will make an important addition to law libraries and scholarly bookshelves around the world in law schools, education departments and beyond. The book serves to deepen our understanding of legal education...' SCOLAG Legal Journal 'If you want to find ways of developing a distinctive law degree, and one which will engage you and your students creatively as well as analytically, this book may be just what you need. It suggests how to use the arts in a radical challenge to traditional text-based approaches and may well surprise you.' Nigel Duncan, City University London, UK '... a wide variety of perspectives, ideas, and possibilities. ... Many readers will welcome this book's invitation to tap into skills and abilities that go beyond text to train attorneys. ... There are many gems here.' Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD '...much food for thought...This book challenges text-based legal educators and legal-education reformers to pay attention to other ways human beings gain knowledge, solve problems, and communicate...There are many gems here.' Association of Legal Writing Directors