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Bryant G. Garth,Yves Dezalay

Law as Reproduction and Revolution: An Interconnected History

Law as Reproduction and Revolution: An Interconnected History

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A free open-access ebook is available upon publication that explores how the US legal revolution has transformed legal hierarchies of power globally and analyzed the global histories of law and social change from the Middle Ages to today. It examines the global proliferation of large corporate law firms and US legal education approaches geared toward those corporate law firms, which are part of a neoliberal-inspired revolution that attacks complacent legal oligarchies in the name of modernism. The book offers a new approach to studying interrelated fields across time and geographies through case studies in India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and China.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2021
Publisher: University of California Press


This comprehensive eBook is now available for free online access. For more information, please visit www.luminosoa.org.

This groundbreaking work delves into the profound impact of the legal revolution originating in the United States on the global legal power structures, while also examining the interconnected global histories of law and social change from the Middle Ages to the present. It explores the widespread proliferation of large corporate law firms, a unique American innovation, alongside the US legal education systems tailored to cater to these corporate law firms. This neoliberal-inspired revolution aims to challenge established legal oligarchies in the name of American-inspired modernism. By drawing upon the combined histories of the legal profession, imperial transformations, and the enduring and conservative role of cosmopolitan elites at the top of legal hierarchies, the book offers a detailed account of case studies in India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and China. These case studies shed light on how interconnected legal histories are narratives of both revolution and reproduction. The eBook is both theoretically and methodologically ambitious, offering a fresh perspective on studying interrelated fields across different time periods and geographical locations.

Weight: 363g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520382718

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