American Lawyers

Richard L. Abel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

424 Seiten

1992
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-507263-1 (ISBN)

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Based on an extensive survey of historical, sociological, and legal sources, American Lawyers traces the development of the legal profession during the past century. The most comprehensive work on the subject in over thirty years, this seminal study offers a disturbing portrait of the character, evolution, and future of law and lawyers in the United States. Since their emergence in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Abel argues, bar associations have consciously shaped and controlled the development of the profession. American Lawyers have deliberately erected entry barriers designed to restrict the number and raise the social status of lawyers, and have intentionally dampened competition. Abel demonstrates how lawyers sought to increase access to justice while simultaneously stimulating demand for legal services, and how they implemented self-regulation to forestall external control. Charting the dramatic transformation of the profession over the last two decades, Abel documents the growing number and importance of lawyers employed outside private practice in business and government.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.1992
Zusatzinfo	tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 233 mm
Gewicht	641 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-507263-4 / 0195072634
ISBN-13	978-0-19-507263-1 / 9780195072631
Zustand	Neuware