Chicago Lawyers: The Social Structure of the Bar

by John P. Heinz and Edward O. Laumann

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What determines the systematic allocation of status, power, and economic reward among lawyers? What kind of social structure organizes lawyers' roles in the bar and in the larger community? As Heinz and Laumann convincingly demonstrate, the legal profession is stratified primarily by the character of the clients served, not by the type of legal service rendered. In fact, the distinction between corporate and individual clients divides the bar into...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0871543788

ISBN13:9780871543783

Release Date:December 1982

Publisher:Russell Sage Foundation

Length:496 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

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Education & Reference Law Legal Education Legal Profession Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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