美國法學院的政治教育－－重述鄧肯‧肯尼迪的法學教育理論

Political Education in Law Schools of America: A Reatatement of Duncan Kennedy’s Legal Education Theories

鄧肯‧肯尼迪認為美國法學院本身即是一個存在著壓迫與反抗的權力體系，完全是美國社會權力結構的再現。法學院迫使學生適應這個體制，而不是批判或者反抗；事實上，大多數學生也主動接受了它的規訓。通過分析學生和教師的心態，以及授課方式、課程設置的政治意涵，肯尼迪得出結論，對社會的政治改革可以而且應該從對法學院的改革（甚至是革命）開始。

Duncan Kennedy points out that law schools in United States are power-institutions full of oppressing and rebelling. Law schools force students to comply with their orders, rather than criticizing or fighting against them. In fact, most students voluntarily accept to be disciplined. By analyzing students and teachers’ psychology, also political meanings of teaching methodology and courses configuration, Kennedy concludes that the political reform of society may or should begin with the reform, even revolution, of law schools.