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The High priests of American politics : the role of lawyers in American political institutions / Mark C. Miller.
LIBRA KF299.L4 M55 1995
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Mark C. (Mark Carlton), 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawyers--Political activity--United States.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers--Political activity.
- United States.
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 228 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1995]
- Contents:
- 1. The study of politics and of lawyers
- 2. Socialization into the legal profession
- 3. Lawyers, lawyers everywhere
- 4. The prevalence of lawyer-legislators in the United States
- 5. Are lawyers really different from nonlawyers?
- 6. How lawyer-legislators and nonlawyer-legislators view the courts
- 7. Are all lawyer-legislators the same? : a typology
- 8. Lawyers congressional committees
- 9. Lawyers' views and lawyers' ways : the institutional effects of lawyer-politicians.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages [185]-222.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0870499025 :
- OCLC:
- 32167737
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