American Lawyers

by Richard L. Abel

Book Overview

This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the rise and fall of restrictive practices that dampened competition among lawyers and with outsiders. He shows how lawyers simultaneously sought to increase access to justice while stimulating demand for services, and their efforts to regulate themselves while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195072634
• ISBN13: 9780195072631
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"