Educational issues, Vol. 1 No. 1-2, 2018.
Original scientific paper
Value Motives for Enrolling in Law School and Student Perception of the Legal Profession
Marko Mrakovčić
; Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka
Abstract
The first, introductory section of the paper analysis the character of disciplinary relation between sociology of law and legal science. More precisely, authors open the question if “external” sociological analysis of law can provide certain insights that can be useful to legal practitioners and legal scientists in the context of "internal" reflection on law, legal system and legal education. In the second part of the paper, the hypotheses derived from conceptual assumptions of the paper were tested using data that was collected on the sample of the law students from the University of Rijeka. The results show that different value motives that can stand in the background of enrolment in law school can, in certain degree, affect how students of law perceive some aspects of legal education, some aspects of the functioning of the judicial system and the status of different occupations within the legal profession. Taking into account the result of this research, it was concluded that findings gained by “external” analysis of law can, at least to a certain extent, be useful to legal practitioners and legal scientists to gain broader insights regarding complexity of interrelationship between law and society. Accordingly, findings of “external” analysis of law can be useful for legal practitioners and legal scientists in evaluating the adequacy of the program for educating future lawyers and assessing the quality of the functioning of the judicial system institutions.
Keywords
“External” Analysis of Law; Social Values; Legal Education; Legal Profession
Hrčak ID:
211006
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Publication date:
23.10.2018.
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