The dispute between Allan Bloom and Martha Nussbaum over the model of general and legal education Cover Image

Spór Allana Blooma i Marthy Nussbaum o model kształcenia ogólnego a edukacja prawnicza
The dispute between Allan Bloom and Martha Nussbaum over the model of general and legal education

Author(s): Emilia Liv Kopeć
Subject(s): School education, State/Government and Education
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: legal education; Alan Bloom; Martha Nussbaum;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the contextual analysis of the thoughts on general education of two great minds of our times – Alan Bloom’s and Martha Nussbaum’s. It also states the possibilities of applying those ideas into polish legal education system. Therefore the article is not only a comparative study, but also the constructive criticism of legal education. Author basis is mainly the Bloom’s „The Closing of the American Mind” and Nussbaum’s „Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education”. The context of the analysis is the polish legal education. Author shows the possible practical applications of presented ideas into polish legal education and predicts its consequences. Moreover the existing solutions which follow their thoughts are indicated.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 56-66
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish