The American legal profession in crisis : resistance and responses to change / James E. Moliterno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moliterno, James E., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Social aspects--United States.

Law.

Practice of law--United States--History--20th century.

Practice of law.

Practice of law--United States.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Central to the identity of the American legal profession are its systems of self-regulation. Throughout history, the legal profession has tried to hold tight to its traditional values and structure during times of self-identified crisis. This book analyzes the efforts of the legal profession to protect and maintain the status quo even as the world around it changed. The book argues that with striking consistency, the profession has resisted the societal change happening around it, and sought to ban or discourage new models of legal representation created by such change.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. What Crisis? Who Speaks for the Profession?""; ""2. Immigration in the Early 20th Century""; ""3. Communist Infiltration""; ""4. A New Kind of Lawyering: The Civil Rights Movement""; ""5. The Deepest Embarrassment: Watergate""; ""6. The Litigation Boom""; ""7. The Loss of Civility""; ""8. The Fear of Sharing Power: MDPs and ABS""; ""9. Multijurisdictional Practice, Globalization, Technology, and Economic Crisis""; ""10. Changing the Change-Game""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-939914-X

0-19-933284-3

0-19-934418-3

OCLC:

922972288