This collection treats the academic discipline of law as an enterprise that includes not only education, but also scholarship, theorizing, and the production of literature. The essays offer a coherent exploration of the study of law and a radical reappraisal of the role, culture, and practices of law schools.

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Camel in the Zoo


• 3: Reflections on Law in Context


• 4: Pericles and the Plumber


• 5: 1836 and All That


• 6: Taking Facts Seriously


• 7: Evidence and Legal Theory


• 8: Theory in the Law Curriculum


• 9: Legal Skills and Legal Education


• 10: Karl Llewellyn and the Modern Skills Movement


• 11: Reading Law


• 12: The Reading Law Cookbook


• 13: Preparing Lawyers for the Twenty-first Century


• 14: What are Law Schools For?


• 15: Pericles Regained?


• 16: A Nobel Prize for Law?

William Twining was educated at Oxford and Chicago. He has held chairs at Belfast, Warwick, and London. He has been President of the Society of Public Teachers of Law, Chairman of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association, and a consultant and member of numerous committees on legal education. He is currently Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London.