Lawyers' ideals/lawyers' practices : transformations in the American legal profession /
"This collection of articles is an effort to create a greater understanding of the empirical issues that lie behind the debate over whether in the practice of law the ideals of professionalism have been replaced by the demands of commercialism. This book is the most systematic attempt so far to...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1992
Ithaca, N.Y. : 1992 Ithaca, N.Y. : c1992 Ithaca, N.Y. : 1992 |
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Table of Contents:
- The transformation of the big law firm / Marc Galanter, Thomas Palay
- Managing entrepreneurial legal services : the transformation of small-firm practice / Carroll Seron
- Professionalism as politics : the making of a modern legal ethics code / Theodore Schneyer
- Five crises or one : the conecpt of legal professionalism, 1925-1960 / Rayman L. Solomon
- Arenas of professionalism : the professinal ideologies of lawyers in context / Robert L. Nelson, David M. Trubek
- Professionalism as model and ideology / Eliot Freidson
- The redemption of professionalism? / Robert W. Gordon, William H. Simon
- Introduction: New Problems and New Paradigms in Studies of the Legal Profession / Robert L. Nelson and David M. Trubek
- Pt. I Lawyers' Practices in Transition. 1. The Transformation of the Big Law Firm / Marc Galanter and Thomas Palay. 2. Managing Entrepreneurial Legal Services: The Transformation of Small-Firm Practice / Carroll Seron
- Pt. II. Lawyers' Ideals in Historical Perspective. 3. Professionalism as Politics: The Making of a Modern Legal Ethics Code / Theodore Schneyer. 4. Five Crises or One: The Concept of Legal Professionalism, 1925-1960 / Rayman L. Solomon
- Pt. III. Transforming Ideals and Practices. 5. Arenas of Professionalism: The Professional Ideologies of Lawyers in Context / Robert L. Nelson and David M. Trubek. 6. Professionalism as Model and Ideology / Eliot Freidson. 7. The Redemption of Professionalism? / Robert W. Gordon and William H. Simon.