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Thomas Main, Global Issues in Civil Procedure

Thomas Main, Global Issues in Civil Procedure 50 6 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 56 IV. CONCLUSION This review has focused on some ways in which the book's struc­ tur e might undermine its important pedagogical goals. Yet Global Is­ sues in Contract Law is fundamentally and unquestionably an invaluable contribution to contracts law and to the broader "transna- tionalization" project. This group of author s deserves much praise for distilling legal academia's transnationalization "talk" and converting it into a "walk" with direction and destination. These authors do not simply ask th e question—what would a transnationalized curriculum look like?—but produce a concrete answer. For those of us who be­ lieve that "transnationalization" demands a reassessment of our ap­ proach to legal education, Global Issues critically tests our underlying assumptions and channels future "talk" and "walk" in productive directions. And for this contribution, we are deeply grateful. THOMAS MAIN, GLOBAL ISSUES IN CIVIL PROCEDURE (Thomson/West, 2006) Reviewed by James E. Pfander* In his book Global Issues in Civil Procedure, Thomas Main has done for civil procedure what the Global Issues series hopes to do for all standard first-year courses in law school: he has broadened it to include a global perspective. In this well-written http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Thomas Main, Global Issues in Civil Procedure

American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 56 (2) – Apr 1, 2008

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Oxford University Press
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© 2008 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
DOI
10.1093/ajcl/56.2.506
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50 6 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 56 IV. CONCLUSION This review has focused on some ways in which the book's struc­ tur e might undermine its important pedagogical goals. Yet Global Is­ sues in Contract Law is fundamentally and unquestionably an invaluable contribution to contracts law and to the broader "transna- tionalization" project. This group of author s deserves much praise for distilling legal academia's transnationalization "talk" and converting it into a "walk" with direction and destination. These authors do not simply ask th e question—what would a transnationalized curriculum look like?—but produce a concrete answer. For those of us who be­ lieve that "transnationalization" demands a reassessment of our ap­ proach to legal education, Global Issues critically tests our underlying assumptions and channels future "talk" and "walk" in productive directions. And for this contribution, we are deeply grateful. THOMAS MAIN, GLOBAL ISSUES IN CIVIL PROCEDURE (Thomson/West, 2006) Reviewed by James E. Pfander* In his book Global Issues in Civil Procedure, Thomas Main has done for civil procedure what the Global Issues series hopes to do for all standard first-year courses in law school: he has broadened it to include a global perspective. In this well-written

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Published: Apr 1, 2008

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