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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828287303321

Autore

Sarat Austin

Titolo

Divorce lawyers and their clients : power and meaning in the legal process / / Austin D. Sarat, William L.F. Felstiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-771892-2

1-280-52485-5

0-19-536248-9

1-4294-0633-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

FelstinerWilliam L. F

Disciplina

346.7301/66 347.306166

346.730166

346.730166347.306166

347.306166

Soggetti

Divorce suits - United States

Attorney and client - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing the Past, Imagining the Future: Defining the Domain of Relevance in Lawyer-Client Interaction; 3. Negotiating ""Realism"" and Responsibility in Lawyer-Client Interactions; 4. Law Talk in the Divorce Lawyer's Office; 5. From Adversariness to Resolution: Lawyers, Clients, and the World of Deals; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on over 100 lawyer-client conferences at which the authors were observers, this book charts the complicated and shifting relationships between the two as they work out the strategy and tactics of divorce. It also examines the nature of the marriage and why marriages fail, the nature of the legal process and the best way to resolve divorce.