Divorce lawyers at work : varieties of professionalism in practice / Lynn Mather, Craig A. McEwen & Richard J. Maiman.

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Mather, Lynn M

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780195145151
0195145151
9780195145168
019514516X
1423745744
9781423745747
1280531797
9781280531798

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Divorce lawyers at work.DDC classification:

346.7301/66 21

LOC classification:

KF535 .M38 2001eb

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Contents:

1. Debating Professionalism and Control over Lawyers' Work; 2. The Many Faces of Professionalism in Divorce Practice; 3. Communities of Practice; 4. The Boundaries of Expertise; 5. Maintaining Control over Clients; 6. The Meaning of Advocacy; 7. Serving Clients while Protecting the Bottom Line; 8. Constructing Professional Meaning and Identity in the Practice of Divorce Law; 9. From Professionalism to Collegial Control; Appendix: Studying Divorce Lawyers at Work; Notes; References; 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.

Summary: The authors look at how divorce lawyers work to address the question of legal professionalism in practice. Through a systematic study of legal practice at the micro-level, they show how lawyers create their own controls over work through their social relationships, formal and informal norms, common knowledge, and shared values. While much of the research on legal professionalism centers on the formal standards of the bar as reflected in codes of professional responsibility, the authors show how the discretionary judgments that lawyers make, and the choices they face, are actually understood in relation to norms and standards of other lawyers with whom they interact or compare themselves.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.

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The authors look at how divorce lawyers work to address the question of legal professionalism in practice. Through a systematic study of legal practice at the micro-level, they show how lawyers create their own controls over work through their social relationships, formal and informal norms, common knowledge, and shared values. While much of the research on legal professionalism centers on the formal standards of the bar as reflected in codes of professional responsibility, the authors show how the discretionary judgments that lawyers make, and the choices they face, are actually understood in relation to norms and standards of other lawyers with whom they interact or compare themselves.

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