The paradox of professionalism : lawyers and the possibility of justice / edited by Scott L. Cummings.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

1st edition

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Lawyers -- Congresses.

Sociological jurisprudence -- Congresses.

Practice of law -- Congresses.

Legal ethics -- Congresses.

1. Introduction : what good are lawyers?

2. Are lawyers friends of democracy?

3. The conscience of society? The legal complex, religion, and the fates of political liberalism

4. More lawyers than people : the global multiplication of legal professionals

5. Faces of the tort pyramid : compensation, regulation, and the profession

6. How and why do lawyers misbehave? Lawyers, discipline, and collegial control

7. Aspects of professionalism : constructing the lawyer-client relationship

8. Professional regulation and public service : an unfinished agenda

9. An innovative approach to legal education and the founding of the University of California, Irvine School of Law

10. Without fear, favor or prejudice : judicial independence and the transformation of the judiciary in South Africa

11. Lawyers in national policymaking

12. Cause lawyers and other signs of progress : three Thai narratives

13. African youth mobilize against garbage : economic and social rights advocacy and the practice of democracy

14. Epilogue : just law?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521145992

xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm