A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Transforming American Society

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Details for A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Transforming American Society
AuthorGlendon, Mary Ann
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
Bindinghardcover
PublishedSeptember 24, 1994
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages16
ISBN-100374219389
ISBN-139780374219383
Weight1.4 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
1.3 in × 6.2 in × 9.3 in

A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Transforming American Society

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Glendon Provides An Assessment Of The People And Ideas That Are Transforming Our Law-dependent Culture And The Role Of Lawyers In Our Society. A Nation Under Lawyers -- Part 1. Professionalism And Its Discontents -- When Just Being A Good Lawyer Isn't Enough -- Connoisseurs Of Conflict -- When Ethical Worlds Collide -- Feeling Bad When One Should Be Feeling Good; Feeling Good When One Should Be Feeling Bad -- Part 2. The Ways And Tastes Of Magistrates -- Cracks...

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Glendon Provides An Assessment Of The People And Ideas That Are Transforming Our Law-dependent Culture And The Role Of Lawyers In Our Society. A Nation Under Lawyers -- Part 1. Professionalism And Its Discontents -- When Just Being A Good Lawyer Isn't Enough -- Connoisseurs Of Conflict -- When Ethical Worlds Collide -- Feeling Bad When One Should Be Feeling Good; Feeling Good When One Should Be Feeling Bad -- Part 2. The Ways And Tastes Of Magistrates -- Cracks In The Classical Façade -- The New Ball Game -- The Extra Man On The Field: Hey! Wasn't That The Umpire? -- Part 3. The Lamp Of Learning -- The Ballad Of Karl Llewellyn -- The New Academy -- Look, Ma! No Hands! -- The Mighty Princess And The Woman By The Wayside -- Part 4. Lawyers And The Democratic Experiment -- One Vast School Of Law -- In The Balance. Mary Ann Glendon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [295]-323) And Index.


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