Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern AmericaFocuses on the elite nature of the profession, with its emphasis on serving business interests and its attempt to exclude participation by minorities. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Best Men and the Best Opportunities | 14 |
A Stratified Profession | 40 |
Scientific Expertise The Triumph of the New Professoriat | 74 |
Cleansing the Bar | 102 |
Babbitry at the Bar | 130 |
A Great State Service | 158 |
The New Deal A Lawyers Deal | 191 |
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Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America Jerold S. Auerbach Limited preview - 1977 |
Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America Jerold S. Auerbach Limited preview - 1977 |
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