Legal profession / practice of law: general

According to the Oral History Association, the term oral history refers to "e;a method of recording and preserving oral testimony"e; which results in a verbal document that is "e;made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public.

According to the Oral History Association, the term oral history refers to "e;a method of recording and preserving oral testimony"e; which results in a verbal document that is "e;made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public.

Dueling Discourses offers qualitative and quantitative analyses of the linguistic and discursive forms utilized by opposing lawyers in their closing arguments during criminal trials.

No occupation in America supplies a greater proportion of leaders than the legal profession, yet it has done little to prepare them for this role.

The Globalization of Health Care is the first book to offer a comprehensive legal and ethical analysis of the most interesting and broadest reaching development in health care of the last twenty years: its globalization.

Great poker players are master tacticians.

This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants.

An account of a fundamental change in American legal thought, from a conception of law as something found in nature to one in which law is entirely a human creation.

An account of a fundamental change in American legal thought, from a conception of law as something found in nature to one in which law is entirely a human creation.

The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States.

The world of law is a world of information.

In the last thirty years, the number of lawyers in the United States and Canada has more than tripled, and today as many women as men are entering legal practice.

Why do some lawyers devote themselves to a given social movement or political cause?

How do lawyers think about and make the important decisions that constitute the day-to-day practice of law?

Two thousand years ago, Seneca described advocates not as seekers of truth but as accessories to injustice, "e;smothered by their prosperity.

In law, as elsewhere, the ordinary is overshadowed in the popular and academic literature by the dramatic and sensational.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

Ethics and regulation have become catchwords of the late 1990s, yet relatively little has been written about the ethical discourse and regulation of the legal professions in England and Wales.

Civil Procedure Rules at 20 is a collection of presentations and papers to mark the 20th anniversary of the CPR coming into force, many of which were delivered orally at the CPR at 20 Conference at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 2019.

Civil Procedure Rules at 20 is a collection of presentations and papers to mark the 20th anniversary of the CPR coming into force, many of which were delivered orally at the CPR at 20 Conference at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 2019.

This collection is in honour of Adrian Zuckerman, Emeritus Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Oxford.

This collection is in honour of Adrian Zuckerman, Emeritus Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Oxford.

This book primarily provides assistance to litigators who find themselves acting for or against firms in contentious regulatory matters.

This book primarily provides assistance to litigators who find themselves acting for or against firms in contentious regulatory matters.

Common markets, open borders, air traffic, and the internet have made it faster and less expensive to change places and jurisdictions.

Common markets, open borders, air traffic, and the internet have made it faster and less expensive to change places and jurisdictions.

We live in an era of economic austerity and political uncertainty.

We live in an era of economic austerity and political uncertainty.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.

There are approximately 100 new cases each year coming before the higher courts dealing with regulatory and disciplinary issues.

There are approximately 100 new cases each year coming before the higher courts dealing with regulatory and disciplinary issues.

In this new book, Aruna Nair sets out her arguments for a re-evaluation of the law of tracing.

In this new book, Aruna Nair sets out her arguments for a re-evaluation of the law of tracing.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

It is an unfortunate but unavoidable feature of even well-ordered democratic societies that governmental administrative agencies often create legitimate expectations (procedural or substantive) on the part of non-governmental agents (individual citizens, groups, businesses, organizations, institutions, and instrumentalities) but find themselves unable to fulfil those expectations for reasons of justice, the public interest, severe financial constraints, and sometimes harsh political realities.

It is an unfortunate but unavoidable feature of even well-ordered democratic societies that governmental administrative agencies often create legitimate expectations (procedural or substantive) on the part of non-governmental agents (individual citizens, groups, businesses, organizations, institutions, and instrumentalities) but find themselves unable to fulfil those expectations for reasons of justice, the public interest, severe financial constraints, and sometimes harsh political realities.

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

The role of the judiciary is constantly evolving and is in many ways more important than ever.

The role of the judiciary is constantly evolving and is in many ways more important than ever.

Over the past twenty years, the volume of international litigation and arbitration has increased exponentially.

Over the past twenty years, the volume of international litigation and arbitration has increased exponentially.

Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body.

The essays presented in this volume challenge both theorists and citizens to confront grave injustices committed in the United States.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body.