Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America

by Jerold S. Auerbach

Overview

Focuses on the elite nature of the profession, with its emphasis on serving business interests and its attempt to exclude participation by minorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190281175
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/03/1977
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	574 KB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	3
I	The Best Men and the Best Opportunities	14
II	A Stratified Profession	40
III	Scientific Expertise: The Triumph of the New Professoriat	74
IV	Cleansing the Bar	102
V	Babbitry at the Bar	130
VI	A Great State Service	158
VII	The New Deal: A Lawyer's Deal	191
VIII	Cold War Conformity	231
IX	The Disintegration of Legal Authority	263
	Afterword	307
	Notes	309
	Bibliographical Essay	367
	Acknowledgments	381
	Index	383