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Lawyers: A Critical Reader
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Lawyers: A Critical Reader Cloth - 1997

by Abel, Richard L. (ed)

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A groundbreaking collection of writing exploring the rapidly changing legal profession. Are lawyers merely hired guns or are they responsible for the clients they represent? Comprehensive and provocative, "Lawyers" offers a broad overview, critically examining the occupation's claim to professional status, describing dramatic changes both at home and abroad, looking at the way lawyers govern and monitor themselves, and more.

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New York: The New Press. very good copy in dj.. (1997). 8vo . cloth. 311pp Essays and articles on "the whole range of vital questions concerning lawyers and their increasing impact on all aspects of society." (dj) .
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  • Title Lawyers: A Critical Reader
  • Author Abel, Richard L. (ed)
  • Binding cloth
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - very good copy in dj.
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The New Press, New York
  • Date (1997)
  • Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS005871I
  • ISBN 9781565843240 / 156584324X
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.31 x 7.31 x 1.11 in (26.19 x 18.57 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340

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  • Publishers Weekly, 09/15/1997, Page 66

About the author

Richard L. Abel is Connell Professor of Law at UCLA. He is a recipient of the Law and Society Association's Harry Kalven prize for his work on the legal profession.