Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Studying Legal Academics -- WHY STUDY LEGAL ACADEMICS? -- 'CULTURE' AND 'IDENTITY' -- CULTURE' -- 'IDENTITY' -- METHOD -- CONCLUSION -- 2. Legal Education and the Lived Experience of Legal Academics -- LEGAL EDUCATION -- LEGAL EDUCATION: PEDAGOGY -- LEGAL EDUCATION: POLICY -- LEGAL EDUCATION: APPROACHES TO LAW -- INAUGURAL LECTURES AND OTHER OCCASIONAL WRITING -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- EMPIRICAL SURVEYS OF THE LEGAL ACADEMY -- THE 'PRIVATE LIFE' OF LEGAL ACADEMIA -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Inhabiting the Discipline of Law -- APPROACHES TO LAW -- A DISCIPLINE IN TRANSITION: FROM DOCTRINE TO SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES -- THE IMPACT OF FEMINISM -- THE FUTURE OF THE DISCIPLINE -- POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES AHEAD -- ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM OF LAW -- CONCLUSION -- 4. The Legal Academic Career -- CAREERS AND THE CULTURE OF ACADEMIC LAW -- READING LAW -- THE LEGAL ACADEMIC CAREER: VOCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC? -- THE QUALITIES/SKILLS OF A 'GOOD' ACADEMIC LAWYER -- SUCCESS -- CONCLUSION -- 5. The Experience of Being a Legal Academic -- INTRODUCTION -- PROUD TO BE A LEGAL ACADEMIC? -- JOB SATISFACTION -- AUTONOMY -- VARIETY -- THE WORST OF TIMES? -- WORKING AT HOME -- WORK-LIFE BALANCE -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Teaching and Research in the Legal Academy -- TEACHING -- LECTURING AS PERFORMING -- TEACHING AS PART OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY -- THE INSTITUTIONAL ATTITUDE TO TEACHING -- RESEARCH IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY -- THE RAE EFFECT -- EVALUATION OF THE RAE -- CONCLUSION -- 7. Inside and Outside the Academic World: Administration, 'Networking' and the Impact of Higher Education Policy -- INTRODUCTION -- ADMINISTRATION -- OUTSIDE CONCERNS -- NETWORKING -- THE CHANGING WORLD -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Identity Matters -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDER -- CLASS -- RACE, ETHNICITY AND LEGAL ACADEMICS -- SEXUAL ORIENTATION. DRESSED FOR THE PART? -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Conclusion -- INTRODUCTION -- LAW AS A DISCIPLINE -- THE CHANGING CULTURE OF ACADEMIC LAW -- DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE CULTURE OF LAW: OLD AND NEW UNIVERSITIES -- KEY ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY -- OTHER IDENTITY MATTERS -- 'CULTURE', 'IDENTITIES' AND THE DISCIPLINE OF LAW -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book explores the culture of legal academia, the professional identities of law teachers and the issues facing the discipline of law.