LEADER 03837nam 22006131c 450 001 9910792421303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-6057-4 010 $a1-282-55414-X 010 $a9786612554148 010 $a1-84731-539-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472560575 035 $a(CKB)2670000000013685 035 $a(EBL)495788 035 $a(OCoLC)609858495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360768 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12134674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360768 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10325911 035 $a(PQKB)11429039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373353 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL255414 035 $a(OCoLC)639528109 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09258074 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495788 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772466 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000013685 100 $a20150227d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA great and noble occupation! $ethe history of the Society of Legal Scholars /$fFiona Cownie and Raymond Cocks 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-678-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $a1 New Questions Affecting the Teaching of Law: 1908-1909 -- 2 Hope Followed by Dismay: 1910-1918 -- 3 Defiance and Debate: 1919-1930 -- 4 Research, Dissent and the Possible Admission of Women: 1930-1939 -- 5 War, Respectability, the Admission of Women, Legal Education with 'Vituperative Epithets' and Increasing Self-confidence: 1940-1960 -- 6 The First Fifty Years: A Summary -- 7 The Swinging Sixties -- 8 The 1970s: Reform Begins -- 9 The 1980s: A Difficult Decade -- 10 The 1990s: A Decade of Change -- 11 The New Millennium: 2000 and Beyond 330 8 $aThe Society of Legal Scholars, originally the Society of Public Teachers of Law, was created in 1909, but was fortunate to survive its first half century. It had few members, lacked financial resources and was weak in influence. In comparison with other university disciplines Law enjoyed a fragile status, and was often held in low esteem by barristers and solicitors. At times the SPTL was caught up in problems of its own making, for instance refusing to admit women until the late 1940s. But there were also moments of excitement and achievement: the years between 1909 and the start of WWI were full of hope and new ideas and the establishment of the Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law in the 1920s was an important achievement for legal scholars. During the social revolution of the 1960s the SPTL continued to function as a rather sedate gentleman's club, gathering at its annual conference to socialise, rather than to engage in academic debate. The 1970s saw a sustained drive from its Young Members' Group to create a new, more serious organisation, with better conferences and more effective decision-making processes. The Society evolved slowly, but the process accelerated in the 1990s, with members encouraged to reinforce their intellectual contribution to the discipline and act as a central point for policy debate within the legal academic community. As we stand at the beginning of the twenty first century, the Society, with nearly 3,000 members, has come a long way from its small beginnings 606 $2Law & society 676 $a340.06041 700 $aCownie$b Fiona$0277393 702 $aCocks$b Raymond 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792421303321 996 $aA great and noble occupation$93735928 997 $aUNINA