A Nation under Lawyers

Mary Ann Glendon

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$45.00 • £36.95 • €40.50

ISBN 9780674601383

Publication Date: 03/01/1996

Short

352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 halftones

Not for sale in UK & British Commonwealth (except Canada)

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Mary Ann Glendon’s A Nation Under Lawyers is a guided tour through the maze of the late-twentieth-century legal world. Glendon depicts the legal profession as a system in turbulence, where a variety of beliefs and ideals are vying for dominance.

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Mary Ann Glendon Is a 2005 National Humanities Medal Winner

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