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- Title
Law and Business Studies.
- Authors
Roebuck, Derek
- Abstract
The article examines whether the study of law complements business education. The study of commerce or business has always included some examination of the laws which govern its operation. The earliest English writers on education for a career in commerce gave law an important place in their recommended studies, and it has become traditional to sing the praises of law as a subject of study for the future man of affairs. Recent academic writing in America, however, has cast doubt upon the present law courses, and tradition is no longer enough to justify the retention of law in the syllabuses of business schools and of commerce faculties. The purpose of this article is to find why law should be studied by those who do not intend to practise it; in particular whether it is a useful and proper study for those who seek in an university an education which will specially fit them for a working life in business. So far as the writer is aware, no serious study has been made of these questions in the British Commonwealth. In the U.S., however, there have from time to time been expressions of interest and this is not surprising, as business studies are included in the offerings of six hundred American universities.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COMMERCIAL law; BUSINESS education; LEGAL education; CURRICULUM; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Abacus, 1965, Vol 1, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
0001-3072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6281.1965.tb00311.x