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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449713403321

Autore

Auerbach Jerold S

Titolo

Unequal justice [[electronic resource] ] : lawyers and social change in modern America / / Jerold S. Auerbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1976

ISBN

0-19-972892-5

1-280-43909-2

1-4237-3835-7

1-60129-569-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

340.1/15

Soggetti

Practice of law - United States - History

Lawyers - United States

Sociological jurisprudence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-380) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I: The Best Men and the Best Opportunities""; ""II: A Stratified Profession""; ""III: Scientific Expertise: The Triumph of the New Professoriat""; ""IV: Cleansing the Bar""; ""V: Babbitry at the Bar""; ""VI: A Great State Service""; ""VII: The New Deal: A Lawyer's Deal""; ""VIII: Cold War Conformity""; ""IX: The Disintegration of Legal Authority""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographical Essay""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""

""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on the elite nature of the profession, with its emphasis on serving business interests and its attempt to exclude participation by minorities.