Social Science and Diffusion of Law

The purpose of this paper is to point out a remarkable gap between the social science literature on diffusion and the legal literature on reception and transplantation and to explore the implications of this gap for research on diffusion of law.     

Thinking About Law Schools: Rutland Reviewed

Thinking about law schools as institutions requires tools of analysis andthe questioning of some common assumptions. This paper applies some of the general ideas in the recent report on Legal Education in Xanaduto the Faculty of Law at the University of Rutland, with particular reference to institutional goals and functions, clientele, league tables, and who counts as a 'law student'.