This article examines the two aspects of legal imperialism. The first investigates the major attributes of such imperialism as results of military conquest and/or economic domination. The second assesses the continuing effects of conquest and domination in legal education in former colonial regions that have achieved independence generally since World War II. These aspects are examined in the context of the broader significance of legal education upon purported lawyer behavior in developing nations.
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