UCL Jurisprudence Review - Recommendations

Recommendations

Professor Ronald Dworkin: "The University College London Faculty of Laws has always insisted that inquiry into theoretical aspects of all laws is central to a proper legal education... each paper illustrates originality and scholarly research that does credit to the students and staff of this faculty. The Review is the only academic student law review in the United Kingdom and I believe it now contributes significantly to legal philosophy."

Professor Jules Coleman, Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy at Yale Law School: "Unlike law reviews and journals in the States which are edited by students, many of whom have little research skill or interest of their own, the UCL Jurisprudence Review exhibits a level of professionalism equal to peer-reviewed professional journals."

Professor Jeremy Waldron, New York University: "The papers are crisp, well argued, and they don't suffer from the tedium or the formulaic laboriousness of student 'notes' in American Law Reviews. Not only that, but they are persuasive and insightful, and they grapple fruitfully with difficult issues."

Professor Brian Leiter, University of Chicago: "It is impressive evidence of the vital state of jurisprudence in England, and at UCL in particular, that year after year UCL law students should produce this remarkably diverse and interesting set of papers on issues at the intersection of law and philosophy. There is nothing like it in the United States, but there ought to be."

Professor L.W. Sumner, University of Toronto: "The UCL Jurisprudence Review is a marvel: a student-run journal that publishes work by students. Its sixteenth edition maintains its tradition of showcasing the best student writing in legal theory. The array of topics covered by the papers in this issue is tantalizing. There is something here for every jurisprudential taste."