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Adapting Indian Legal Education to the Demands of a Globalising World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Nehaluddin Ahmad

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Half a century ago, the main purpose of university legal education in India was not the teaching of law as a branch of learning and as a science but simply to impart to students a knowledge of the black letter law, that is, certain principles and provisions of law to enable them to enter the legal practice exclusively for local needs. Gradually this perception changed and the process of reform in law and legal education was initiated. The real break came in 1990s when the new challenges posed by scientific and technological revolution and greater interaction between nations, trade in goods and services, information technology and free capital flow across international boundaries made the world a global village. Consequently, the concept of “local practice” widened to that of “transnational practice” in the context of globalisation and opening up of most of the economies of the world.

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Section 2: ‘Geared Toward Practice?’ Assessing the Current Law School Race to Legal Skills-Building
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German Law Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 6-7: Following the Call of the Wild: The Promises and Perils of Transnationalizing Legal Education , July 2009 , pp. 847 - 858
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Copyright © 2009 by German Law Journal GbR 

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