1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451456003321

Autore

Bradney Anthony

Titolo

Conversations, choices, and chances : the liberal law school in the twenty-first century / Anthony Bradney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2003

ISBN

1-4725-5938-X

1-280-80767-9

9786610807673

1-84731-022-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

340.071

340.071141

Soggetti

Law schools - Great Britain

Law - Study and teaching - Great Britain

Education, Humanistic - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

1. The Excitement and the Malaise: Introduction -- 2. Holistic Education: What is a Liberal Education? -- 3. Missions for Law Schools: The Liberal University Law School -- 4. The Pass Less Trodden: The Liberal Curriculum -- 5. Conversations: Research in the Liberal Law School -- 6. A Necessary Evil or Simply Necessary? Administration -- 7. A Short History of Madness: Accountability,Audit and Liberal Education -- 8. This I Do for Love: Avocation and Vocation in the University Law School

Sommario/riassunto

Most academics in university law schools would claim to offer a liberal education. Few have thought very much about what a liberal education in law means. Basing itself on a detailed examination of the theory of liberal education,this book looks at what the liberal university law school should be doing in terms of its teaching, research and administration



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781643203321

Autore

Pomson Alex

Titolo

Back to school [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish day school in the lives of adult Jews / / Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor ; with a foreword by Jack Wertheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8143-3547-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchnoorRandal F

Disciplina

371.076

Soggetti

Jewish day schools - United States

Jewish day schools - Canada

Jews - United States - Identity

Jews - Canada - Identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : why study day-school parents? -- A school downtown : the ethnographic context for the study -- The winding road to school : why and how parents choose DJDS -- What are parents doing at school? framing the interactions between parents and their children's schools -- The school as Shul : Jewish day schools as places of worship, study, and assembly, for parents -- The school at home : private encounters between parents and their children's school -- Beyond downtown to the suburbs : testing the limits of the DJDS case -- Conclusion : learning from what's downtown -- References -- Index.