Rethinking Legal Scholarship: A Transatlantic Dialogue

Hardback

Main Details

Title Rethinking Legal Scholarship: A Transatlantic Dialogue
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Rob van Gestel
Edited by Hans-W. Micklitz
Edited by Edward L. Rubin
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:558
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 159
ISBN/Barcode 9781107130920
ClassificationsDewey:340
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 13 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 2 February 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Although American scholars sometimes consider European legal scholarship as old-fashioned and inward-looking and Europeans often perceive American legal scholarship as amateur social science, both traditions share a joint challenge. If legal scholarship becomes too much separated from practice, legal scholars will ultimately make themselves superfluous. If legal scholars, on the other hand, cannot explain to other disciplines what is academic about their research, which methodologies are typical, and what separates proper research from mediocre or poor research, they will probably end up in a similar situation. Therefore we need a debate on what unites legal academics on both sides of the Atlantic. Should legal scholarship aspire to the status of a science and gradually adopt more and more of the methods, (quality) standards, and practices of other (social) sciences? What sort of methods do we need to study law in its social context and how should legal scholarship deal with the challenges posed by globalization?