Education and science in a global scope: on the history, international cooperation and perspectives of the new partnership of the Ural State Law University
The article addresses the issue of internationalization of the university scientific knowledge and educational practices. Using the cross-cultural approach and certain instruments of its methodology, the authors conceptualize general problems of in ternational cooperation of modern universities as well as some peculiarities of interuniversity communications. The practices of international cooperation of the Ural State Law University over the past century are brought together. In particular, the authors show the influence of the education tradition of the Russia Empire on the law faculty of the Irkutsk University; mention the project designed to train jurists for the people's democracy states in the Sverdlovsk Law Institute; describe international practices of the Ural State Law Academy. The major directions of international communications of the law university are studied. They include the Euro-Asian Law Congress's activities, the academic mobility of students and postgraduates, the research traineeships abroad, the training of foreign students, the invitation of foreign lecturers, the participation in book-exchange international programs, the organization of international olympiads, education programs, summer schools. The authors assess the strategies and perspectives of the new partnership of the Ural State Law University - the cooperation with the Martin Luther University of Hal-le-Wittenberg (Germany). The German university, which has a rich history and is well-known beyond its native country, has immediately engaged in inter-university communications with our university in the sphere of scientific cooperation and joint education programs.