History of Legal Education

Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Concept of legal education: an introduction. 2. Foundations of legal education in India. 3. History of legal education in India. 4. Development of legal education in India: commissions, committees and statutes. 5. Legal education in other countries. Annexures. Bibliography. Index.

"Today, the decline in the prestige and image of Legal education in India is a harsh reality. It is a high time for author to identify the areas of default and initiate corrective action to repair the damage by comparative study of legal education of India with the legal education systems of some important countries of the world. This book focuses on the origin, foundation and development of legal education since prevedic times with special emphasis on its subsequent up and down journey at different time periods of Indian History. It also envelopes and highlights the most valuable and priceless material lying unnoticed in the texts of Legal Education Commissions, committees and statutes. This book is also devoted to the comparative study of the different major Legal Education Systems of the world because various factors account for all diversities. The legal traditions and culture, the educational and university system, the legal profession, politics and official ideology, demand for legal education and the development of law trained persons in society are some of the vital factors that basically brings the difference. Finally, this book provides the information for the Constitution and incorporation of Bar Councils for certain courts, to confer powers and impose duties on such Bar Councils, and to consolidate and amend the laws relating to legal practitioners entitled to practise in such courts." (jacket)