Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy A New Agenda for Teaching

Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy A New Agenda for Teaching, Routledge, London, 2019

Posted: 22 May 2020

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Warren Swain

University of Auckland - Faculty of Law

Date Written: January 30, 2019

Abstract

Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy examines why existing contract teaching pedagogy has remained in place for so long and argues for an overhaul of the way it is taught. With contributions from a range of jurisdictions and types of university, it provides a survey of contract law courses across the common law world, reviewing current practice and expressing concern that the emphasis the current approach places on some features of contract doctrine fails to reflect reality. The book engages with the major criticism of the standard contract course, which is that it is too narrow and rarely engages with ordinary life, or at least ordinary contracts, and argues that students are left without vital knowledge. This collection is designed to be a platform for sharing innovative teaching experiences, with the aim of building a new approach that addresses such issues. This book will have international appeal and will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates in the fields of law and education. It will also appeal to teachers of contract law, as well as governmental and legal profession policymakers.

Keywords: Contract Law, Pedagogy

JEL Classification: K10, K12

Suggested Citation

Swain, Warren, Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy A New Agenda for Teaching (January 30, 2019). Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy A New Agenda for Teaching, Routledge, London, 2019 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3585486

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