Comparing American and British Legal Education Systems: Lessons for Commonwealth African Law Schools
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Chapter 3: Post-JD Qualifications and the Issue of Their Recognition

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3.1 Introduction

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3.2 JD as the Primary Qualification to Practice Law and Enter Academia in the US

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3.3 What to do with the Post-JD Degrees from America

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3.4 Disparities in Academic Standards on American LLM and SJD Programmes

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3.5 The Credibility of American LLM and SJD Degrees

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Chapter 4: Bringing Accreditation of Law Schools on Board

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4.1 Commonwealth Legal Education Association

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4.2 Association of American Law Schools

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4.3 Association of African Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities

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4.4 Private and Public Universities and the Question of Their Accreditation

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4.5 Some Shortcomings of the British PhD System

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4.6 Concept of a PhD by Submission of Published Work

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4.7 The American PhD by Coursework and Dissertation

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4.8 Higher Doctorates in the UK and the Commonwealth

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Chapter 5: The Role of University League Tables

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5.1 Criteria for Formulating League Tables

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5.2 Ivy League Universities and University League Tables in the US

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