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An Elusive Profession? Lawyers in Society

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Abel Richard L., The Legal Profession in England and Wales. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. xxiii + 548. $75.00. (“LPEW”)
Richard L. Abel & Philip S. C. Lewis, Lawyers in Society, Vol. 1: The Common Law World. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xiv + 399. $40.00. CLIS 1“)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Miek Berends
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Law & Society Review , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 161 - 188
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Copyright © 1992 by The Law and Society Association.

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If there is such a thing as mega-lawyering, we might as well introduce the phenomenon of mega-reviewing. As my text will show, Max Weber's work looms large over the four books reviewed. If his demands for social scientists have inspired the views expressed here, the demands of the Protestant Ethic have much to do with the fact that the job got done. However, the Weberian spirit was not enough. For additional support I therefore wish to thank I. Bol and R. G. Jansen as well as E. A. Baerends and E. Niemeijer, who criticized my text with care.

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