National Jurist - March 2009 - (Page 19) First-year student Jeffrey Morgan called the global studies in property and tort law “a catalyst for understanding differences in the system, like exposing yourself to different kinds of people.” “I like seeing the global issues integrated into the course so that you can start seeing the comparative issues in your first year,” said Keir Wilkinson, a first-year at McGeorge. “You can see the parallels between civil and common law.” Writing a global studies casebook is a challenge, said Professor Julie Anne Davies, who co-authored the casebook on torts with Paul Hayden, professor at Loyola s. Law School — Los Angeles. e “You can’t survey the entire world in a supplement to a course,” Davies said. “We included some materials on the Warsaw Convention regarding tort law and some examples of U.S. case law involving an saw air accident where the Warsaw Convention was involved.” Other chapters looked at torts in Guyana, Japan, France, England and Germany as well as China and Singapore. “The books have certainly enhanced our Fifteen global casebooks, published by Thomson West, were launched in 2006. reputa reputation as a school where people who are serious about studyi studying international law would go to school,” Davies said. “Our approach means that you don’t have to wait for an elective in order to get into these topics. It helps students to better understand their own legal system.” March 2009 THE NATIONAL JURIST 19 http://www.brooklaw.edu http://www.brooklaw.edu
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