Abstract: Contents: Volume I: Introduction Part I The Professional Project in Historical and Sociological Perspective: United States: the contradictions of professionalism, Richard L. Abel Comparing legal professions cross-nationally: from a professions-centered to a state-centered approach, Dietrich Rueschemeyer Lawyers and politics in France 1814-1950: the state, the market, and the public, Lucien Karpik 'The ideal and the actual in law': fantasies and practices of New York City lawyers 1870-1910, Robert W. Gordon Professionalism and monopoly of expertise: lawyers and administrative law, 1933-37, Ronen Shamir Knowledge mandates: collective influence by scientific, normative and syncretic professions, Terence C. Halliday. Part II Stratification and Exclusion: Dispelling the Myth of an Integrated Bar: Specialization and prestige in the legal profession: the structure of deference, Edward O. Laumann and John P. Heinz The changing character of lawyers' work: Chicago in 1975 and 1995, John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, Edward O. Laumann and Ethan Michelson Partners without power? A preliminary look at black partners in corporate law firms, David B.Wilkins Negotiating professionalism: the gendered social capital of flexible time, Carroll Seron and Kerry Ferris. Part III The Creation of Transnational Legal Regimes and Markets: Merchants of law as moral entrepreneurs: constructing international justice from the competition for transnational business disputes, Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth Social skill, the Milosevic indictment, and the rebirth of international criminal justice, John Hagan and Ron Levi Index. Volume II: Introduction Part I Corporate Practice: The US Experience: Ideology, practice, and professional autonomy: social values and client relationships in the large law firm, Robert L. Nelson Cops, counsel and entrepreneurs: constructing the role of inside counsel in large corporations, Robert L. Nelson and Laura Beth Nielsen 'We're all consultants now':
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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