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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823977703321

Autore

Abel Richard L

Titolo

American lawyers / / Richard L. Abel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

1-280-44133-X

0-19-802185-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Disciplina

340/.023/73

Soggetti

Practice of law - United States

Lawyers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. [355]-388 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORIES OF THE PROFESSIONS; 3. CONTROLLING THE PRODUCTION OF LAWYERS; 4. THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTROLLING ENTRY; 5. RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES: CONTROLLING PRODUCTION BY PRODUCERS; 6. DEMAND CREATION: A NEW STRATEGY IN THE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT?; 7. SELF-REGULATION; 8. HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT?; 9. DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION; 10. REPRODUCING THE PROFESSION; 11. THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION; TABLES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the rise and fall of restrictive practices that dampened competition among lawyers and with outsiders. He shows how lawyers simultaneously sought to increase access to justice while stimulating demand for services, and their efforts to regulate themselves while forestalling external control. Data on income and status illuminate the success of these efforts. Charting the dramatic transformation of the