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Hope Without Optimism: Legal Education In Spain At The Threshold Of Bologna Plan, Josep Cañabate

Josep Cañabate Pérez

As part of the European Union, Spain is obligated to implement the “Bologna Plan” by 2010. This article explores the historical and social forces which hinder Spain’s ability to fulfill this laudable goal as regards legal education. The Bologna Plan for legal education is an enormous undertaking. It begin in 1999 when the ministers for science and education of the European Union met to lay the groundwork for the reform and homogenization of higher education throughout the Union. The process started at Bologna aims for two principal objectives. The first is the establishment of a common educational ambit, including reciprocal …