Mayer, Martin

The lawyers / by Martin Mayer. - New York ; Evanston : Harper and Row, Publishers, 1966. - xvii, 586 p. ; 21 cm.

With hardcover

Includes index

Cont.: A number of lawyers : the profession from a distance -- A number of lawyers : skills and functions -- The law schools : where the lawyers come from -- Jurisprudence : where the laws come from -- Criminal matters : the way it is now -- Criminal matters : the search for something better -- P.I. [personal injury] and other wrongs -- The idea of justice and the poor -- Pieces of paper -- Business in Washington -- A small bag of specialists -- Who has seen the law? : books, binders and bits -- The business of the courts -- The personality of the judge -- The Supreme Court : a concluding unscientific postscript


Lawyers--United States
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