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The paradox of professionalism : lawyers and the possibility of justice /
"This book is about the role of lawyers in constructing a just society. Its central objective is to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between lawyers' commercial aims and public aspirations. Drawing on interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, it explores whether law...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: what good are lawyers? / Scott L. Cummings
- 2. Are lawyers friends of democracy? / Robert W. Gordon
- 3. 'The conscience of society?': The legal complex, religion, and the fates of political liberalism / Terence C. Halliday
- 4. More lawyers than people: the global multiplication of legal professionals / Marc Galanter
- 5. Faces of the tort pyramid: compensation, regulation, and the profession / John Nockleby
- 6. How and why do lawyers misbehave?: Lawyers, discipline, and collegial control / Lynn Mather
- 7. Aspects of professionalism: constructing the lawyer-client relationship / Philip Lewis
- 8. Professional regulation and public service: an unfinished agenda / Deborah L. Rhode
- 9. An innovative approach to legal education and the founding of the University of California, Irvine School of Law / Carrie Hempel and Carroll Seron
- 10. Without fear, favor or prejudice: judicial independence and the transformation of the judiciary in South Africa / Penelope Andrews
- 11. Lawyers in national policymaking / Ann Southworth, Anthony Paik and John Heinz
- 12. Cause lawyers and other signs of progress: three Thai narratives / Frank Munger
- 13. African youth mobilize against garbage: economic and social rights advocacy and the practice of democracy / Lucie White
- 14. Epilogue: just law? / Richard L. Abel.