Revolution and the making of the contemporary legal profession
Subtitle: England, France, and the United States
By: Michael Burrage.
Series: Oxford socio-legal studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 683
Subjects: Lawyers -- England -- History.; Practice of law -- England -- History.; Lawyers -- France -- History.; Practice of law -- France -- History.; Lawyers -- United States -- History.; Practice of law -- United States -- History.; Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688.; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Description: This work examines social revolutions in France, the US and England and looks at the different ways in which social upheaval has prompted radical divergences in the organisation and regulation of the legal profession.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Investigating a fateful encounter; title: Ideal and myth in the lives of French advocates; title: Practitioners vs. legislators and professors in the United States; title: Learned friends and gentlemen in England : beneficiaries of the Glorious Revolution; title: Comparing professions and societies.