1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969222403321

Autore

Brooks Robert Andrew

Titolo

Cheaper by the hour : temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law / / Robert A. Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011

ISBN

9781439902875

1439902879

9781439902851

1439902852

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

331.25/729

Soggetti

Lawyers - Employment - United States

Temporary employment - 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 bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Degraded and insecure : the "new" workforce -- "Basically interchangeable" : the creation of the temporary lawyer -- Life on the concourse level : doing document review -- Box shopping in "Nike town" : struggles over work -- "Keeping count of every freakin' minute" : struggles over time -- "A glorified data entry person" : struggles over identity -- "I would rather grow in India" : the emerging legal underclass.

Sommario/riassunto

Recent law school graduates often work as temporary attorneys, but law firm layoffs and downsizing have strengthened the temporary attorney industry. Cheaper by the Hour is the first book-length account of these workers.Drawing from participant observation and interviews, Robert A. Brooks provides a richly detailed ethnographic account of freelance attorneys in Washington, DC. He places their document review work in the larger context of the deprofessionalization of skilled labor and considers how professionals relegated to temporary jobs feel diminished, degraded, or de



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910983042303321

Autore

Klappenecker Andreas

Titolo

Discrete Structures / / by Andreas Klappenecker, Hyunyoung Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031734342

3031734343

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (637 pages)

Collana

Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, , 2197-5604

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeHyunyoung

Disciplina

511.1

Soggetti

Discrete mathematics

Computer science - Mathematics

Discrete Mathematics

Mathematical Applications in Computer Science

Matemàtica discreta

Informàtica

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Notation -- I. Discrete Structures -- 1. Introduction.-2. Mathematical Arguments.-3. Sets -- 4. Proof by Induction -- 5. Equivalence Relations -- 6. Partial Orders and Lattices -- 7. Floor and Ceiling Functions -- 8. Number Theory -- II. Summation and Asymptotics -- 10. Asymptotic Analysis -- III. Combinatorics -- 11. Counting -- 12. Generating Functions -- 13. Recurrence Relations -- 14. Graphs -- 15. Probability -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this text is to introduce discrete mathematics to beginning students of mathematics or computer science. It does this by bringing some coherency into the seemingly incongruent subjects that compose discrete math, such as logic, set theory, algebra, and combinatorics. It emphasizes their theoretical foundations and illustrates proofs along the way. The book prepares readers for the analysis of algorithms by discussing asymptotic analysis and a discrete calculus for sums. The book also deduces combinatorial methods from the foundations that are laid out. Unlike other texts on this subject, there is a greater



emphasis on foundational material that leads to a better understanding. To further assist the reader in grasping and practicing concepts, roughly 690 exercises are provided at various levels of difficulty. Readers are encouraged to study the examples in the text and solve as many of the exercises as possible. The text is intended for freshman or sophomore undergraduate students in mathematics, computer science, or similar majors. The assumed background is precalculus. The chapter dependency chart included is designed to help students, independent readers, and instructors follow a systematic path for learning and teaching the material, with the option to explore material in later chapters.