The American legal profession in crisis : resistance and responses to change /

Central to the identity of the American legal profession are its systems of self-regulation. Throughout history, the legal profession has tried to hold tight to its traditional values and structure during times of self-identified crisis. This book analyzes the efforts of the legal profession to prot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moliterno, James E., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Temas:
1900-1999
Practice of law > United States.
Practice of law > United States > History > 20th century.
Law > Social aspects > United States.
Social change > United States.
Droit > Pratique > États-Unis.
Droit > Pratique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LAW > Legal Profession.
Law > Social aspects
Practice of law
Social change
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What crisis? : who speaks for the profession?
  • Immigration in the Early 20th Century
  • Communist infiltration
  • A new kind of lawyering : the Civil rights movement
  • The deepest embarrassment : Watergate
  • The litigation boom
  • The loss of civility
  • The fear of sharing power : MDPs and ABS
  • Multijurisdictional practice, globalization, technology, and economic crisis
  • Changing the change- game.

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