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Contents 1 Sources of Law 2 Jurisprudence (Caselaw) 3 Articles 4 Fundamental Concepts (including Multi-lingual Lexicon) 5 Courses 6 Legal History 7 Approaches to Law 8 Culturally Distinctive Approaches to Law 9 Student Mentoring Tools 10 Curriculum Development

[edit] Sources of Law

Arranged

• alphabetically (caselaw, international texts
• by type (state-centered, international bodies, custom)
• by theme (ex: slander, consumer law --> what sources of law apply to this area)

Containing

• An explanation of their status in law citing varied authorities.

example 1:

treaties

definition of implementation

difference between ratified & unratified

by jurisdiction and/or

by legal tradition

treaties between states

contracts between states and transnational corporations

example 2:

a quick way to determine the legal status of various international or national bodies

national courts (& explanation of their hierarchy by jurisdiction

international bodies (structure of the WTO, WB, UN, WIPO, for example)

[edit] Jurisprudence (Caselaw)

Adopt a limitative rather than expansive approach to this list of caselaw, with the idea of working towards a set of (100, maybe 300) cases of solid interest that can then be worked into a lightened legal curriculum (so a premium will be placed on cases of particular interest, whether it be for normative, historical, rhetorical or sociological, etc., reasons).
Arranged by

• jurisdiction
• legal tradition (common law, civil law, first nations, canon law, Roman law, cthonic, etc.)
• theme (consumer protection, trademarks, animals & the law)

• Judges
  • Biographies
  • Cases they've decided
  • How they have decided them & Why
    • Based on the reasoning of the time
    • Do we agree with this reasoning now?
  • Comments

For brainstorming on possible cases, click here

[edit] Articles

Citations and summaries by:

• Author
  • by generally-felt 'importance'
  • by affiliated institution
  • by jurisdiction on which they write, etc.
• Theme
• Jurisdiction
• Legal Tradition
• Required reading for which class
• Suggested reading for which class
• etc. (categories can expand)

[edit] Fundamental Concepts (including Multi-lingual Lexicon)

Fundamental Concepts (including Multi-lingual Lexicon) prep page Arranged by order of:

• alphabetically
• by jurisdiction
• by legal tradition (e.g.:'trust' means something different in the common law and civil law traditions, so a search by tradition would only give the meaning in that context, with linguistic translations)
• by level of complexity: introductory, medium-level, upper-level concepts and explanations (indicate this by color for ease of reading? (discuss))

[edit] Courses

• List of Courses
  • by exact title
  • by themes contained in the course
  • by jurisdictions and legal traditions covered
  • by law faculty/college
• Syllabi
  • same as above
• Abstract
  • a summary of the themes in each course, in each faculty, etc.
• Class notes
• Reading Lists
  • by faculty
  • by subject/theme
  • by professor
  • same as above
• Impressions/Feedback
• Link to Curricular development section

The point here is to

1. enable students from different schools to contribute
2. identify what is taught where, & how it is taught

[edit] Legal History

• by region
• by legal tradition
• by jurisdiction
• by school of thought

[edit] Approaches to Law

• by school of thought
• by author

[edit] Culturally Distinctive Approaches to Law

• Reflections on learning law from an outsider perspective
• Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to law
• Critiques of law
  • with links to Approaches to Law

[edit] Student Mentoring Tools

• Legal Methodology
  • Help with writing essays & other documents produced in a legal education
    • Tips for going further
    • Personal reflections
    • Hot legal topics (ideally with references to other sections of the wikia -- the idea is partly to instruct, partly to share knowledge, partly to make a student's workload lighter, partly so the student can focus on what she's really interested in)
    • Sample documents, with grades and feedback attached

• • Legal Research Skills
    • How to cite legal literature
  • Standard types of legal documents
    • complete list (factum, memorandum, brief, notice)
    • jurisdiction (U.S., state, province, etc.)
  • Feedback on courses
    • Feedback on approaches, learning methods & possibly professors

[edit] Curriculum Development

• Designing an integrated legal education
  • Blueprint on content
    • ex: What would a module-based legal education look like?
  • Sample 'improved' course assignments
    • ex: 'Imagine you are wishing to incorporate as the Municipality of John. What tools would you need to be aware of?' (ex: Depending on jurisdiction, (!) gain support for private bill in parliament; (2) consider the location and existing infrastructure, and ascertain which authority pays for what, from what tax base; etc.
• Inspirations