Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: The spectre of commercialism has haunted large law firms since their rise at the end of the nineteenth century.At the turn of the century there was already a sense that the profession had compromised its integrity and, by too close embrace of business, its identity.In 1895 a New York legal newspaper 1 complained: [The bar] has allowed itself to lose, in large measure, the lofty independence, the genuine learning, the fine sense of professional dignity and We elaborate on many of the observations and ideas set forth here in MARc GALANTER & THOMAS PALAY,
Authors: Marc Galanter, Thomas Palay
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3080995145