Special issue [[electronic resource] ] : law firms, legal culture and legal practice / / edited by Austin Sarat

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Practice of law; Law firms; Sociological jurisprudence; Lawyers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SaratAustin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Chapter 1. Measuring law firm culture; Chapter 2. Rejecting the culture of independence: Corporate lawyers as committed to their clients; Chapter 3. Law firm strategies for human capital: Past, present, future; Chapter 4. Taxes and death: The rise and demise of an American law firm; Chapter 5. From policy to practice: Assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitment ; Chapter 6. ''If you become his second wife, you are a fool'': Shifting paradigms of the roles, perceptions, and working conditions of legal secretaries in large law firms Chapter 7. Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firms
• Sommario/riassunto: Large law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsewhere. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines the situation of large law firms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Special issue
• ISBN: 1-282-79762-X; 9786612797620; 0-85724-358-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459523403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in law, politics, and society ; ; v. 52.