The Emergence of Legal Composition as a Field of Inquiry: Evaluating the Prospects.

Stratman, James F.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Emergence of Legal Composition as a Field of Inquiry: Evaluating the Prospects.

Stratman, James F.

Review of Educational Research, v60 n2 p153-235 Sum 1990

Three rationales that have been offered for denying disciplinary status to legal writing as a component of law school curricula are analyzed. It is argued that legal writing deserves such status. Ways in which increased diversity in inquiry modes support the development of legal writing instructional theory are illustrated. (SLD)

Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Law Schools, Legal Education (Professions), Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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