'Failed Sociologists' in the Market Place: Law Schools in Australia |
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Authors: | Christine Parker & Andrew Goldsmith |
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Institution: | Law Faculty, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia,;Legal Studies, School of Cultural Studies, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper traces the stunted evolution of Australian law faculties from 'trade schools' to liberal law schools. Higher education funding cuts and increased accountability to a government that is throwing the universities onto the competition of the market now combine with the traditional influence of a conservative profession to put Australian law schools in a precarious position. We argue that Australian law schools should transform themselves by embracing the contradictory position they inhabit, and using it to develop a broader concept of the legal knowledge they pass on and the legal practice for which they prepare their students. |
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