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Legal Studies: How To Narrow The Gap Between Law And Society, Leonardo J. Raznovich

Dr Leonardo J Raznovich

The main thesis of this paper is that the teaching of law should take a different approach to that of the current law degree. Students should be equipped with the various knowledge and competences that make them suitable to appreciate not only the theory of law but the interactions between law and society. This paper will conclude that a law degree that follows the socio-legal approach from a critical legal perspective should be the appropriate methodology because it exposes students to the influences and impacts made on legal theory by the social sciences as well as that made on society …