Lawyers in Society: An Overview

Lawyers in Society: An Overview is edited by Richard L. Abel and Philip S. C. Lewis . This law book is published by University of California Press. This law book, Lawyers in Society offers a concise comparative introduction to the practice of law in a number of countries: England, Germany, Japan, Venezuela, and Belgium. Extracted from the editors' three highly successful volumes Lawyers in Society, these essays guide readers through the differing worlds of civil and common law, law in Europe and Asia, and first and third world legal systems. One contribution addresses the changing role of women in the profession--women comprise half of all new lawyers in most countries--and the changes they are bringing. A new introduction and concluding essay reflect on the place of this volume in current and future research.
Following are the legal topics covered in this Law and society book.
  • Revisioning Lawyers
  • England and Wales: A Comparison of the Professional Projects of Barristers and Solicitors
  • German Advocates: A Highly Regulated Profession
  • The Present State of Japanese Practicing Attorneys: On the Way to Full Professionalization?
  • Legal Experts in Belgium
  • The Venezuelan Legal Profession: Lawyers in an Inegalitarian Society
  • Feminization of the Legal Profession: The Comparative Sociology of Women Lawyers
  • Putting Law Back into the Sociology of Lawyers
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