Challenges to critical legal education
A case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8856495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Wilson (0009-0008-7907-4104, University of Waikato, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 619-627 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2018.1497481 |
| OpenAlex | W2886781049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The article analyses the impact of the neoliberal policy framework and managerialism on critical legal education in the context of Waikato Law Faculty, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. The delivery of critical legal education challenges the ideology and implementation of current tertiary education policy and training because it is designed to deliver critical knowledge and not just vocational information. Waikato Law School was established in 1990 the year the neoliberal tertiary policy was enacted in the Education Amendment Act 1990. It represented an attempt to introduce a more critical and inclusive approach to legal education. The article provides an account of the struggle to maintain a critical approach under a statutory framework that requires conformity to government policy designed to cut the cost of tertiary education and integrate universities into a neoliberal policy framework. The case study is intended to illustrate the insidious influence of the policy on undermining a legal education that prepares students to think critically. It is also intended to illustrate that it is possible to resist this interference in the fundamental role of the academic to be the critic and conscience of society
Aotearoa · Context (archaeology · Education policy · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Ideology · Legal Education · Managerialism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Statutory law · Vocational education · Comparative and International Law Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |