Isn't this like res ipsa loquitur?  There are legal scholars; they come from
law schools and have JDs.  No one else is trained to produce this type of
scholarship, thus the JD is the PhD for legal scholarship.

Rosemary

Norman Hawker wrote:

> I can't say about "most" law schools, but it certainly was part of the
> mission of my alma mater.
>
> Norman Hawker, Associate Professor
> Haworth College of Business - FCL Dept.
> Western Michigan University
> 1903 West Michigan Avenue
> Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120
>
> On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:28 AM, John Allison wrote:
>
> > I wish.  But do law schools really have a mission of producing
> > scholars?  A few scholars are produced, but I don't think that this is
> > a significant part of most law schools' mission.
> >
> > John
> >
> > At 11:24 AM 1/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Sprague, Robert wrote:
> >
> >
> > ... In the revised Standards (pp. 42-44) a doctoral degree now "means
> > completion of a degree program intended to produce scholars capable of
> > creating original scholarly contributions through advances in research
> > or theory." ...
> >
> > A J.D. clearly falls within this definition.
> >
> > Norman Hawker, Associate Professor
> > Haworth College of Business - FCL Dept.
> > Western Michigan University
> > 1903 West Michigan Avenue
> > Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120