“richard l abel”

This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the rise and fall of restrictive practices that dampened competition among lawyers and with outsiders. He ... More

Analyzes barristers and solicitors as a legal profession in England and Wales.Analyzes barristers and solicitors as a legal profession in England and Wales.... More

Among all those who encounter the law in the conduct of their lives or who consider it as a career, few have a solid understanding of the legal profession in America, and fewer still know anything about systems in other parts of the world. "Lawyers in Society" offers a concise comparative introducti... More

For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image. But their response has been limited to spending money on public relations, mandating education, and endlessly revising ethical rules. In this book, Richard Abel wi... More

The feminist campaign against pornography, the furor over a racial epithet in the O. J. Simpson trial, and Iran's continuing threat to kill Salman Rushdie exemplify the intense passions aroused by hurtful speech. Richard Abel offers an original framework for understanding and attempting to resolve t... More

This book seeks to provide answers to everything you ever wanted to know about the law--except what the rules are or ought to be. For centuries, the law has been considered a neutral, objective arena that sets societal standards and in which conflicting forces resolve disputes. More recently, howeve... More

A groundbreaking collection of writing exploring the rapidly changing legal profession. Are lawyers merely hired guns or are they responsible for the clients they represent? Comprehensive and provocative, "Lawyers" offers a broad overview, critically examining the occupation's claim to professional ... More

The English legal profession, uncharacteristically, was often in the headlines during the 1990s. Reforms initiated by a Conservative Lord Chancellor and extended by his Labour successor transformed traditions, over the vigorous objections of the judiciary, Bar, and Law Society. Rapid market developm... More

"Politics by Other Means" explores the fundamental question--how can law constrain political power--by offering a pathbreaking account of the triumphant final decade of the struggle against apartheid. Because blacks lacked political power and posed no real military threat, law played a central role... More