This publication is the product of the combined efforts of editors Christophe Jamin
(Sciences Po, Paris, France) and William van Caenegem (Bond University,
Queensland, Australia) and contributing authors from 19 different countries.
This volume serves as a rich source of information about the state of internationalisation
of legal education in a large range of jurisdictions and provides a snapshot
of the debate concerning the importance and future development of internationalisation
in legal education. It provides an international picture of the debate about the
shape and degree of internationalisation in various national curricula and the discussions
surrounding the adoption of a more international approach to legal education
in the contemporary world. By comparing the Internationalisation of Legal
Education (‘IOLE’) realities of the countries contained in this volume, one can evaluate
both the advantages and disadvantages of integrating international elements
into undergraduate and postgraduate curricula.
The editors were joint authors of a General Report, on the topic of IOLE, for the
Vienna Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, in July 2014.
This General Report combined information from national reporters in 38 countries,
representing legal systems from every region. In order to collect relevant information
to include in the General Report, national reporters were sent a questionnaire,
consisting of a range of descriptive and policy questions and given the opportunity
to provide examples and bibliographical details. These questionnaires then served
as the National Reports, which were the basis for the General Report.