Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients: Power and Meaning in the Legal Process

by Austin Sarat, William L.F. Felstiner, William Felstiner

Book Overview

Each year more than 2 million Americans get divorced, and most of them use a lawyer. In closed-door conversations between lawyers and their clients strategy is planned, tactics are devised, and the emotional climate of the divorce is established. Do lawyers contribute to the pain and emotional difficulty of divorce by escalating demands and encouraging unreasonable behavior? Do they take advantage of clients at a time of emotional difficulty? Can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195117999
• ISBN13: 9780195117998
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"