The politics of professionalism: The transformation of English lawyers at the end of the twentieth century

Legal Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-147

  Abel, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84883261999     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.1999.11424103     Document Type: Article

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23. Abel, Legal Profession 6.
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28. Cf. Robert L. Nelson, “Ideology, Practice, and Professional Autonomy: Social Values and Client Relationships in the Large Law Firm,” 37 Stanford Law Review 503 (1985).
29. Robert Nelson, Partners with Power: Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988).
30. Mark Blacksell, Kim Economides and Charles Watkins, Justice Outside the City. Access to legal services in rural Britain (Harlow: Longman, 1991) at chaps.3-4.