Divorce lawyers and their clients : power and meaning in the legal process / Austin Sarat, William L. F. Felstiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarat, Austin, author.

Felstiner, William L. F., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Divorce suits--United States.

Divorce suits.

Attorney and client--United States.

Attorney and client.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on over 100 lawyer-client conferences at which the authors were observers, this book charts the complicated and shifting relationships between the two as they work out the strategy and tactics of divorce. It also examines the nature of the marriage and why marriages fail, the nature of the legal process and the best way to resolve divorce.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing the Past, Imagining the Future: Defining the Domain of Relevance in Lawyer-Client Interaction; 3. Negotiating ""Realism"" and Responsibility in Lawyer-Client Interactions; 4. Law Talk in the Divorce Lawyer's Office; 5. From Adversariness to Resolution: Lawyers, Clients, and the World of Deals; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771892-2

1-280-52485-5

0-19-536248-9

1-4294-0633-X

OCLC:

228168526