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Burrage, Michael,

Revolution and the making of the contemporary legal profession : England, France, and the United States / Michael Burrage. - xi, 683 pages ; 24 cm. - Oxford socio-legal studies . - Oxford socio-legal studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-672) and index.

Investigating a fateful encounter -- Ideal and myth in the lives of French advocates -- Practitioners v. legislators and professors in the United States -- Learned friends and gentlemen in England : beneficiaries of the Glorious Revolution -- Comparing professions, states and societies.

ISBN: 0199282986 9780199282982

LCCN: 2005027455

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Lawyers--History--England
Practice of law--History--England
Lawyers--History--France
Practice of law--History--France
Lawyers--History--United States
Practice of law--History--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Revolution of 1688
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

LC Class. No.: K117 / .B87 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 347.05040903