Talk:Doctor of Laws

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Modified to remove possible plagiarism issue. Granted it was in quotes before and a reference listed at the bottom of the page, but it was only implicitly stated. The modifications remove the need for the quote.

A higher degree awarded by publication (meaning a body of work is sent into the university and is examined at the request of the candidate) is not honourary and it does grant the title of Doctor.

Does it show a POV by claiming that law professors obtain the JSD or DJS only when required for promotion and tenure? In my experience, it is not necessary to hold either degree to get tenure, indeed, few profs do hold above a masters and JD. The wording here makes it sound like no one would ever get a JSD for its own merits, which I think is biased and untrue.--Mike 23:05, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

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I added the French language link fr:LL.D. It seems to be a disambiguous page, it isn't. We had big trouble on French language wikipedia concerning this question. We decided to split the original article between two: one with the French expression (fr:Docteur en droit), the other with the English expression (fr:Doctor of Laws). The first expression is used by Canadians (francophone and anglophone when they speak French), where there is actually this diploma/title ; the second one is used by French, and some contributors decided to not use the expression used in Canada.

This question was, and still is, really hard and very emotional, I would thank you to respect this very difficult question in French language Wikipedia. Staatenloser 23:55, 8 March 2006 (UTC)