Building the World Community Through Legal Education

Today we are witnessing dramatic global transformations that call into question both the content and the methodology of legal education. These changing processes have been well documented and extensively discussed elsewhere.1 They include global trade, foreign investment, the breakdown of authoritarian political structures, the emergence of new nations, and the presence of new international actors such as individuals, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Crucial problems that challenge humankind cannot be solved solely by individual states. Instead, this growing trend demonstrates the need for greater international cooperation. This need is particularly pressing in the case