A stimulating place to be

“It’s not easy to get in, but people who do get in have great advantages awaiting them, both in terms of the intellectual stimulation that they’ll derive from the subject but also the range of activities outside their academic work made available by the University and colleges”.

Queste le parole di David Feldman, the Chairman of the Faculty of Law in Cambrige nel corso dell’open day 2007 svoltosi presso la Cambridge Law Faculty. Invito a prenderne visione: è tracciato il profilo di un’università molto diversa da quella alla quale siamo abituati. La necessità di competizione ed entusiasmo ricorrono nei discorsi volti a presentare la facoltà.

“We have just about everything. We have particular strengths, for example, in international law. What that means is that the teaching here is, and we pride ourselves on this, done by people who are leading experts in their field, who are at the cutting edge of research and practice, as well as of teaching. And the research that we do here informs our teaching, but it also informs legislative development, common law development and the development of international law through our publications and consultative work, through our practice and through the many Courts here and internationally that the members of the Faculty are members of”.

Una autentica dichiarazione di orgoglio: l’orgoglio di appartenere ad una comunità nella quale didattica, ricerca e mondo delle professioni non sono sfere disgiunte, ma rappresentano parte di un virtuous circle. Per noi una finestra per conoscere un diverso sistema legale, un diverso modo di apprendere il diritto e per attingere nuovi stimoli (non sono mai abbastanza!).

Andrea Falcone