Oxford socio-legal studies Revolution and the making of the contemporary legal profession : England, France, and the United States
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0199282986
ISBN 13
9780199282982
DDC
347
Category
Comparative Study
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Pages
xi, 683 pages
Subject
Comparative Law
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Abstract
"This work examines social revolutions in France, the US and England and looks at the different ways in which social upheaval has prompted radical divergences in the organisation and regulation of the legal profession." - Voila
Description
Content:
Investigating a fateful encounter -- Ideal and myth in the lives of French advocates -- Practitioners v. legislators and professors in the United States -- Learned friends and gentlemen in England : beneficiaries of the Glorious Revolution -- Comparing professions, states and societies.
Investigating a fateful encounter -- Ideal and myth in the lives of French advocates -- Practitioners v. legislators and professors in the United States -- Learned friends and gentlemen in England : beneficiaries of the Glorious Revolution -- Comparing professions, states and societies.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-672) and index.
Number of Copies
1
