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The Rule Of Law In The Reform Of Legal Education: Teaching The Legal Mind In Japanese Law Schools, James Maxeiner
The Rule Of Law In The Reform Of Legal Education: Teaching The Legal Mind In Japanese Law Schools, James Maxeiner
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- a. The Rule of Law is at the heart of the present legal reform.
- b. There is an international consensus about basic elements of the Rule of Law.
- c. Legal methods are central to the Rule of Law. But different legal methods are used to realize the Rule of Law.
- d. Teaching legal methods, i.e., teaching to think like a lawyer, is at the heart of that which is professional in legal education.
- e. The present legal reform invites Japanese law schools to teach legal methods.
Capturing The Dialectic Between Principles And Cases, Kevin D. Ashley
Capturing The Dialectic Between Principles And Cases, Kevin D. Ashley
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Theorists in ethics and law posit a dialectical relationship between principles and cases; abstract principles both inform and are informed by the decisions of specific cases. Until recently, however, it has not been possible to investigate or confirm this relationship empirically. This work involves a systematic study of a set of ethics cases written by a professional association's board of ethical review. Like judges, the board explains its decisions in opinions. It applies normative standards, namely principles from a code of ethics, and cites past cases. We hypothesized that the board's explanations of its decisions elaborated upon the meaning and …