Download e-book for iPad: What Do Lawyers Do?: An Ethnography of a Corporate Law Firm by John Flood,Lynn Mather

By John Flood,Lynn Mather
Now in its moment version, with up to date references and account of the unconventional shifts in criminal perform during the last few years within the U.S. and U.K., Flood's pathbreaking publication is still a desirable source for students of the felony career, in addition to readers who are looking to see uncovered the internal sanctum of non-public, big-money legislations perform.
This variation additionally provides a brand new, reflective creation by means of Lynn Mather, the SUNY special provider Professor on the collage at Buffalo. She writes that, in comparison to litigators, prosecutors, and public curiosity legal professionals, "far much less is understood approximately precisely what enterprise attorneys do." in spite of the fact that, "Flood’s wonderful ethnography of a company legislation enterprise is helping to fill this hole, offering an in-depth research of company attorneys at paintings and addressing major problems with expert paintings. initially performed within the past due Nineteen Eighties, this vintage learn has now been up to date and nonetheless stands as a novel contribution to the sector for its insights into the paintings of company legal professionals. ... the topics it raises—differences among place of work legal professionals and litigators, moral determination making within the context of felony paintings, swap in company perform in terms of the economic climate rules, and the position of legislations in what attorneys do—remain an important for figuring out the function of legal professionals in society."
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