At the Edge of Law

At the Edge of Law

Emergent and Divergent Models of Legal Professionalism

Francis, Andrew

Taylor & Francis Ltd

09/2011

228

Dura

Inglês

9780754677444

15 a 20 dias

Following significant changes in the legal profession since the 1980s, how do new organizational forms and actors at the edge of the law impact upon our understanding of the changing nature of the core values of mainstream legal professionalism? This title focuses on the case studies that operate at the margins of legal professionalism.
Contents: Preface; Introduction: lawyering at the edge; Theorizing professional change and advancement in legal services; Outsiders in legal education and beyond: marginal students, professional identity and access to the legal profession; Legal executives: chasing shadows on the third branch of the profession?; Legal aid and legal activists: progressive lawyering and mainstream professionalism; Wealth professionals: expert knowledge at the intersection of law and accountancy; Collective professional projects, individual models of advancement and the Legal Services Act 2007; Emergent and divergent models of legal professionalism: towards a contingent professionalism; Bibliography; Index.
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