Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies

Vol. 1: National Reports

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Richard L Abel, Ole Hammerslev, Hilary Sommerlad, Ulrike Schultz, USA (Emeritus)) Abel, Professor Richard L (UCLA, Sweden) Hammerslev, Professor Ole (Lund University, UK) Sommerlad, Professor Hilary (University of Leeds, Germany) Schultz, Ulrike (Formerly of FernUniversitat in Hagen

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The world’s legal professions have undergone dramatic changes in the 30 years since publication of the landmark three-volume Lawyers in Society, which launched comparative sociological studies of lawyers. This is the first of two volumes in which scholars from a wide range of disciplines, countries and cultures document and analyse those changes.The present volume presents reports on 46 countries, with broad coverage of North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, North Africa and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and former communist countries. These national reports address: the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism on national legal professions (the relationship of lawyers and their professional associations to the state and tensions between state and citizenship); changes in lawyer demography (rapidly growing numbers and the profession’s efforts to retain control, the entry of women and obstacles to full gender equality, ethnic diversity); legal education (the proliferation of institutions and pedagogic innovation); the regulation of lawyers; structures of production (especially the growth of large firms and the impact of technology and paraprofessionals); the distribution of lawyers across roles; and access to justice (state-funded legal aid and pro-bono services). The juxtaposition of the reports reveals the dramatic transformations of professional rationales, labour markets, and working practices and the multiple contingencies of the role of lawyers in societies experiencing increasing juridification within a new geopolitical order.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-04-02
Mått172 x 248 x 60 mm
Vikt1 960 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor976
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781509915149

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1. Lawyers in a New Geopolitical Conjuncture: Continuity and Change Hilary Sommerlad and Ole HammerslevPART IANGLO-AMERICAN COMMON LAW2. Australia: A Legal Profession Globalised and Magnified Margaret Thornton and Asmi Wood3. Canada: Continuity and Change in a Modern Legal Profession Ronit Dinovitzer and Meghan Dawe4. England and Wales: A Legal Profession in the Vanguard of Professional Transformation? Hilary Sommerlad, Andrew Francis, Joan Loughrey and Steven Vaughan5. Scotland: Caught between Nationalism and the Market: What Does the Future Hold for Scots Lawyers? Alan Paterson and Peter Robson6. United States: Out of Many Legal Professions, One? Scott L Cummings, Carroll S Seron, Ann Southworth, Rebecca L Sandefur, Steven A Boutcher and Anna Raup-KounovskyPART IIWESTERN EUROPEAN CIVIL LAW7. Belgium: A Law Degree Opens the Door to a Lot of Occupations, Even the Bar Steven Gibens, Bernard Hubeau, Stefan Rutten, Jean Van Houtte and Margot Van Leuvenhaege8. Denmark, Sweden and Norway: Liberalisation, Differentiation and the Emergence of a Legal Services Market Ole Hammerslev9. France: The Reconfiguration of a Profession Christian Bessy and Benoit Bastard10. Germany: Resistance and Reactions to Demands of Modernisation Matthias Kilian and Ulrike Schultz11. Italy: A Delicate Balance between Maintenance and Change Evelyn Micelotta and Gabrielle Dorian12. Netherlands: Developments and Challenges Nienke Doornbos and Leny de Groot-van Leeuwen13. Switzerland: The End of Prosperity in the Age of Globalisation? Isabel Boni-Le Goff, Eléonore Lépinard, Grégoire Mallard and Nicky Le FeuvrePART IIIEASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA14. Czech Republic: Legal Professions Looking for Serenity and Stability Jan Kober15. Poland: Opening the Legal Professions Kaja Gadowska16. Russia: Challenges of the Market and Boundary Work Ekaterina Moiseeva and Timur Bocharov17. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges of Liberalisation and Democratic Consolidation Danilo Vukovic, Valerija Dabeticand Samir ForicPART IVLATIN AMERICA18. Argentina: The Long Transition of the Legal Profession Martin Böhmer19. Brazil: Fragmentary Development, Democratisation, and Globalisation Maria da Gloria Bonelli and Pedro Fortes20. Chile: Lawyers Engage with the Market, Specialisation, and Rights Cristián Villalonga21. Mexico: Significant Growth and Under-Regulation of the Legal Profession Luis Fernando Perez-Hurtado22. Venezuela: A Despatch from the Abyss Manuel Gómez and Rogelio Pérez-PerdomoPART VAFRICA23. Burundi: Middlemen and Opponents in the Shadow of the Ethno-state Sara Dezalay24. Kenya: Between Globalisation and Constitutionalism Winifred Kamau25. Nigeria: An Account of Adaptation Enibokun Uzebu-Imarhiagbe26. South Africa: A Profession in Transformation Jonathan Klaaren27. Zimbabwe: Legal Practitioners, Politics and Transformation Since 1980 George H KarekwaivananePART VINORTH AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST28. Egypt: The Long Decline of the Legal Profession Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron and Menna Omar29. Iran: A Clash of Two Legal Cultures? Reza Banakar and Keyvan Ziaee30. Israel: Numbers, Make-Up and Modes of Practice Eyal Katvan, Limor Zer-Gutman and Neta Ziv31. Libya: Lawyers between Ideology and the Market Jessica Carlisle32. Palestine: Lawyering between Colonisation and the Struggle for Professional Independence Mutaz M Qafisheh33. Tunisia: A Political Profession? Eric Gobe34. Turkey: Emergence and Development of the Legal Profession Seda KalemPART VIIASIA35. China: A Tale of Four Decades Sida Liu36. India: Present and Future: A Revised Sociological Portrait Swethaa S Ballakrishnen37. Indonesia: Professionals, Brokers and Fixers Santy Kouwagam and Adriaan Bedner38. Japan: Towards Stratifi cation, Diversification and Specialisation Masayuki Murayama39. Myanmar: Law as a Desirable and Dangerous Profession Melissa Crouch40. South Korea: Reshaping the Legal Profession JaeWon Kim41. Taiwan and Hong Kong: Localisation and Politicisation Ching-Fang Hsu42. Thailand: The Evolution of Law, the Legal Profession and Political Authority Frank W Munger43. Vietnam: From Cadres to a ‘Managed’ Profession Pip Nicholson and Do Hai Ha44. Comparative Sociology of Lawyers, 1988–2018: The Professional Project Richard L Abel

An amazing resource for those interested in a comparative understanding of how many legal professions across the world are being affected by a number of common factors canvassed in the book … This book is a very good first stop for the details on the legal professions in particular jurisdictions and an incomparable resource for anyone with a keen interest in the legal profession. Reading it should more than whet the appetite for the next volume.