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The Multicultural Classroom as a Comparative Law Site: A United Kingdom Perspective

Hunter-Henin, M; (2020) The Multicultural Classroom as a Comparative Law Site: A United Kingdom Perspective. In: Varba, C, (ed.) Comparative Law and Multicultural Legal Classes: Challenge or Opportunity? (pp. 101-117). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Green open access

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Abstract

This chapter studies the impact of the recent multicultural approach to comparative legal studies on comparative law teaching, with a focus on British debates and literature. I will argue that the multicultural turn of (comparative) legal teaching, reflected for example in a greater diversity of teaching techniques, a greater emphasis on minority issues and law &… disciplines, responds to a multiplicity of motivations. Pedagogically, it is a response to the increasingly diverse backgrounds of students and their differing intellectual starting-points. Pragmatically, it is a means to boost students’ employability and intellectual versality in a job market that now values “cultural awareness skills”. Finally, conceptually, it is a tool designed to unravel the pluralistic nature of law. From these diverse drivers to the multicultural turn in (comparative) legal teaching, it is possible to identify similarities with other recent trends of globalisation and internationalisation of legal education. However, this article will submit that differences remain. Having analysed these differences, I will go on to argue and reveal that in them lie the core features of a multicultural approach to legal teaching and its intrinsic connections to comparative law, as the multicultural classroom itself becomes a comparative law site.

Type: Book chapter
Title: The Multicultural Classroom as a Comparative Law Site: A United Kingdom Perspective
ISBN-13: 978-3-030-46897-2
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46898-9_5
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Multiculturalism, Legal pluralism, Cultural awareness Global legal teaching, Place-based education, Deterritorialised teaching
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10097206
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