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The Lawyer's Myth
Walter Bennett
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Description for The Lawyer's Myth
Hardcover. The popular perception of the lawyer, both within the legal community and beyond, is no longer the Abe Lincoln of American mythology, but is often a greedy, cynical manipulator of access and power. This book explores why lawyers are losing their profession and what it will take to bring it back. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Lawyers today are in a moral crisis. The popular perception of the lawyer, both within the legal community and beyond, is no longer the Abe Lincoln of American mythology, but is often a greedy, cynical manipulator of access and power. In "The Lawyer's Myth", Walter Bennett goes beyond the caricatures to explore the deeper causes of why lawyers are losing their profession and what it will take to bring it back. Bennett draws on his experience as a lawyer, judge and law teacher, as well as upon oral histories of lawyers and judges, in his exploration of how and why ... Read more
Lawyers today are in a moral crisis. The popular perception of the lawyer, both within the legal community and beyond, is no longer the Abe Lincoln of American mythology, but is often a greedy, cynical manipulator of access and power. In "The Lawyer's Myth", Walter Bennett goes beyond the caricatures to explore the deeper causes of why lawyers are losing their profession and what it will take to bring it back. Bennett draws on his experience as a lawyer, judge and law teacher, as well as upon oral histories of lawyers and judges, in his exploration of how and why ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226042558
SKU
V9780226042558
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99-15
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