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The Paradox of Professionalism : Lawyers and the Possibility of Justice.
Explores how lawyers, in the face of intense market pressures, may transcend their own self-interest to act as agents of transformative politics and justice.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; TABLES; FIGURES; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: What Good Are Lawyers?; Introduction; Practical context: professional crisis and the possibility of justice; Theoretical framework: which professional projects?; Overview of the book; Part I: Lawyers and the Public Good: The Fundamental Dilemma; 2 Are Lawyers Friends of democracy?; 3 "The Conscience of Society?": The Legal Complex, Religion, and the Fates of Political Liberalism.
- 4 More Lawyers than People: The Global Multiplication of Legal Professionals5 Faces of the Tort Pyramid: Compensation, Regulation, and the Profession; Part II: Lawyers and Their Clients: Determinants of Ethical Practice; 6 How and Why Do Lawyers Misbehave?: Lawyers, Discipline, and Collegial Control; 7 Aspects of Professionalism: Constructing the Lawyer-Client Relationship; 8 Professional Regulation and Public Service: An Unfinished Agenda; 9 An Innovative Approach to Legal Education: The Founding of the University of California, Irvine, School of Law.
- Part III: Lawyers and Social Change: Mobilizing Law for Justice10 Without Fear, Favor, or Prejudice: Judicial Independence and the Transformation of the Judiciary in South Africa; 11 Lawyers in National Policymaking; 12 Cause Lawyers and Other Signs of Progress: Three Thai Narratives; 13 African Youth Mobilize against Garbage: Economic and Social Rights Advocacy and the Practice of Democracy; 14 Epilogue: Just Law?; Index.