000131066 001__ 131066 000131066 005__ 20240205173706.0 000131066 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1017/S2071832200019337 000131066 0248_ $$2sideral$$a102631 000131066 037__ $$aART-2014-102631 000131066 041__ $$aeng 000131066 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5143-6435$$aFach Gómez, Ana Katia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000131066 245__ $$aSpain’s Dysfunctional University System is Also to Blame 000131066 260__ $$c2014 000131066 5203_ $$aFor the last fifteen years I have taught final year law students at a Spanish state university on a regular basis. While it is extremely difficult to generalize about matters such as the following, I believe that the typical profile of the different groups of students I have taught over the years has been relatively homogenous in terms of quality and performance. Along with a minority of highly motivated and able students, at the beginning of every academic year the classes are mostly made up of silent students who are a priori reluctant to accept individual responsibilities in the learning process. Having presented this seemingly harsh appraisal with no preamble, one of the aims of this essay is to set out a series of arguments that enable us to go beyond the glib self-righteousness of blaming the students for all their woes. In my opinion, it is the Spanish higher education system that is the mainly to blame for many of the factors currently holding law students back. The following factors contribute to this outcome. 000131066 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S14-3$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/DER2012-36806-JURI 000131066 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000131066 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000131066 7102_ $$14004$$2155$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Derecho Privado$$cÁrea Dcho.Internacion. Privado 000131066 773__ $$g15, 6 (2014), 1209-1222$$pGer. law j.$$tGerman Law Journal$$x2071-8322 000131066 8564_ $$s574887$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131066/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000131066 8564_ $$s1644091$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131066/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000131066 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:131066$$particulos$$pdriver 000131066 951__ $$a2024-02-05-15:02:14 000131066 980__ $$aARTICLE