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Across the world political liberalism is being fought for, consolidated and defended. That is the case for nations that have never enjoyed a liberal political society, for nations that have advanced towards and then retreated from political liberalism, for nations that have recently shifted from authoritarian to liberal political systems, and for mature democracies facing terrorism and domestic conflict. This book tests for the contemporary world the proposition that lawyers are active agents in the construction of liberal political regimes. It examines the efficacy of a framework that postulates that legal professions not only orient themselves to a market for their services but can frequently be seen in the forefront of actors seeking to institutionalise political liberalism. On the basis of some 16 case studies from across the world, the authors present a theoretical link between lawyers and political liberalism having wide-ranging application over radically diverse situations in Asia and the Middle East, North and South America, and Europe. They argue that it is not the politics of lawyers alone but the politics of a ‘legal complex’ of legally trained occupations, centred on la
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- Author
- Terence C. Halliday; Lucien Karpik; Malcolm M. Feeley (editors)
- Publisher
- Hart Pub; Hart Publishing; Hart
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781841137681
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Literary Fiction, Political Science
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