The Paradox of Professionalism : (Record no. 12211)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521192682 (hardback) |
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| ISBN | 0521192684 (hardback) |
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| ISBN | 9780521145992 (paperback) |
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| ISBN | 0521145996 (paperback) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KM52.P37 2011 |
| Item number | 08145260 |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Paradox of Professionalism : |
| Remainder of title | Lawyers and the Possibility of Justice / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Scott L. Cummings |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication or production | 2011 |
| Copyright Date | |
| Year of publication or production | ©2011 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 324 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: what good are lawyers? Scott L. Cummings; Part I. Lawyers and the Public Good: The Fundamental Dilemma: 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; Part II. Lawyers and Their Clients: Determinants of Ethical Practice: 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; Part III. Lawyers and Social Change: Mobilizing Law for Transformative Justice: 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 |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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 lawyers can transcend self-interest to meaningfully contribute to systems of political accountability, ethical advocacy and distributional fairness. Its contributors, some of the world's leading scholars of the legal profession, offer evidence that although justice is possible, it is never complete. Ultimately, how much - and what type of - justice prevails depends on how lawyers respond to, and reshape, the political and economic conditions in which they practise. As the essays demonstrate, the possibility of justice is diminished as lawyers pursue self-regulation in the service of power; it is enhanced when lawyers mobilize - in the political arena, workplace and law school - to contest it"--Provided by publisher |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Law |
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| Topical Term | Sociological jurisprudence |
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| Topical Term | Practice of law |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Legal ethics |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cummings, Scott L., |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/45992/cover/9780521145992.jpg |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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