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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewAn 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. -- Donald J Nicolson * SCOLAG Legal Journal *
This first volume … constitutes a useful resource for those interested in the legal profession in the countries studied. -- Florent Frasque, Sciences Po Grenoble * Droit et société (Bloomsbury translation) *
The book gives an extremely illuminating insight into the inner workings of the legal profession, the bar associations and the political actors, the judiciary and the respective state apparatus … ideal as a reference work. -- Rechtsanwalt Riad Khalil Hassanain * Mitteilungen der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (Bloomsbury translation) *
It is clear that the book has a valuable scope as it reminds us of the need for data and research-based social scientific analyses, especially for Turkey, where the legal profession is increasingly discussed. -- Elyesa Koytak * Insan & Toplum (Bloomsbury translation) *
It has been no mean achievement to have brought a global project of this scale to the point where these outstanding volumes amass so much original thought and material on modern legal professions … There is plenty here to inform and motivate future research on legal professions, and, within the parameters set by the editors, both volumes successfully meet their objectives. -- Kim Economides, University of Southern Queensland * Journal of Law and Society *
Table of Contents1.
Lawyers in a New Geopolitical Conjuncture: Continuity and Change Hilary Sommerlad and Ole Hammerslev PART I ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMON LAW 2.
Australia: A Legal Profession Globalised and Magnified Margaret Thornton and Asmi Wood 3.
Canada: Continuity and Change in a Modern Legal Profession Ronit Dinovitzer and Meghan Dawe 4.
England and Wales: A Legal Profession in the Vanguard of Professional Transformation? Hilary Sommerlad, Andrew Francis, Joan Loughrey and Steven Vaughan 5.
Scotland: Caught between Nationalism and the Market: What Does the Future Hold for Scots Lawyers? Alan Paterson and Peter Robson 6.
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-Kounovsky PART II WESTERN EUROPEAN CIVIL LAW 7.
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 Leuvenhaege 8.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway: Liberalisation, Differentiation and the Emergence of a Legal Services Market Ole Hammerslev 9.
France: The Reconfiguration of a Profession Christian Bessy and Benoit Bastard 10.
Germany: Resistance and Reactions to Demands of Modernisation Matthias Kilian and Ulrike Schultz 11.
Italy: A Delicate Balance between Maintenance and Change Evelyn Micelotta and Gabrielle Dorian 12.
Netherlands: Developments and Challenges Nienke Doornbos and Leny de Groot-van Leeuwen 13.
Switzerland: The End of Prosperity in the Age of Globalisation? Isabel Boni-Le Goff, Eléonore Lépinard, Grégoire Mallard and Nicky Le Feuvre PART III EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA 14.
Czech Republic: Legal Professions Looking for Serenity and Stability Jan Kober 15.
Poland: Opening the Legal Professions Kaja Gadowska 16.
Russia: Challenges of the Market and Boundary Work Ekaterina Moiseeva and Timur Bocharov 17.
Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges of Liberalisation and Democratic Consolidation Danilo Vukovi
c, Valerija Dabeti
cand Samir Fori
c PART IV LATIN AMERICA 18.
Argentina: The Long Transition of the Legal Profession Martin Böhmer 19.
Brazil: Fragmentary Development, Democratisation, and Globalisation Maria da Gloria Bonelli and Pedro Fortes 20.
Chile: Lawyers Engage with the Market, Specialisation, and Rights Cristián Villalonga 21.
Mexico: Significant Growth and Under-Regulation of the Legal Profession Luis Fernando Perez-Hurtado 22.
Venezuela: A Despatch from the Abyss Manuel Gómez and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo PART V AFRICA 23.
Burundi: Middlemen and Opponents in the Shadow of the Ethno-state Sara Dezalay 24.
Kenya: Between Globalisation and Constitutionalism Winifred Kamau 25.
Nigeria: An Account of Adaptation Enibokun Uzebu-Imarhiagbe 26.
South Africa: A Profession in Transformation Jonathan Klaaren 27.
Zimbabwe: Legal Practitioners, Politics and Transformation Since 1980 George H Karekwaivanane PART VI NORTH AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST 28.
Egypt: The Long Decline of the Legal Profession Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron and Menna Omar 29.
Iran: A Clash of Two Legal Cultures? Reza Banakar and Keyvan Ziaee 30.
Israel: Numbers, Make-Up and Modes of Practice Eyal Katvan, Limor Zer-Gutman and Neta Ziv 31.
Libya: Lawyers between Ideology and the Market Jessica Carlisle 32.
Palestine: Lawyering between Colonisation and the Struggle for Professional Independence Mutaz M Qafisheh 33.
Tunisia: A Political Profession? Eric Gobe 34.
Turkey: Emergence and Development of the Legal Profession Seda Kalem PART VII ASIA 35.
China: A Tale of Four Decades Sida Liu 36.
India: Present and Future: A Revised Sociological Portrait Swethaa S Ballakrishnen 37.
Indonesia: Professionals, Brokers and Fixers Santy Kouwagam and Adriaan Bedner 38.
Japan: Towards Stratifi cation, Diversification and Specialisation Masayuki Murayama 39.
Myanmar: Law as a Desirable and Dangerous Profession Melissa Crouch 40.
South Korea: Reshaping the Legal Profession JaeWon Kim 41.
Taiwan and Hong Kong: Localisation and Politicisation Ching-Fang Hsu 42.
Thailand: The Evolution of Law, the Legal Profession and Political Authority Frank W Munger 43.
Vietnam: From Cadres to a ‘Managed’ Profession Pip Nicholson and Do Hai Ha 44.
Comparative Sociology of Lawyers, 1988–2018: The Professional Project Richard L Abel
