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Impact Of Uniform Laws On The Teaching Of Trusts And Estates, David M. English
Impact Of Uniform Laws On The Teaching Of Trusts And Estates, David M. English
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Beginning in 1969 with the approval of the Uniform Probate Code (UPC), uniform laws have had a major impact on the teaching of the basic Trusts and Estates course. This is not the place to list the close to thirty uniform acts relating to Trusts and Estates that have been approved. Rather, this Article will focus on the impact that uniform laws have had on the content of what is taught in the Trusts and Estates course. Uniform laws are not written in a vacuum. Like other legislative enactments, they are the product of societal changes and changes in legal …
Review Essay: Bilingual Legal Education In The United States: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, S. I. Strong
Review Essay: Bilingual Legal Education In The United States: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, S. I. Strong
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The long-standing and close connection among law, language and the state has traditionally led law schools to provide legal education in a single language. Indeed, bilingual legal education could in some cases be viewed as potentially contrary to state interests, given that "[t]he main instrument of nation-building is the imposition of a common state language. Indeed, bilingual legal education could in some cases be viewed as potentially contrary to state interests, given that "[t]he main instrument of nation-building is the imposition of a common state language."' However, the historical model of monolingual legal education may be in jeopardy. For example, …