Lawyers in a Postmodern World: Translation and Transgression

by Christine Harrington

Are lawyers, by their very nature, agents of the state, of capital, of institutions of power? Or are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the disempowered, the working class, the underprivileged?
Lawyers in a Postmodern World explores how lawyers actively create the forms of power which they and others deploy. Through engaging case studies, the book examines how lawyers work within and for powerful institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814715044
• ISBN13: 9780814715048
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"