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OverviewThis book is the first comprehensive history of the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers in Latin America. Perez-Perdomo examines the Roman legal roots of the Latin American tradition and traces the development of legal education and practice in Latin America from the 16th century to the present. The main themes in the book are the relationship between lawyers and power, the place of lawyers in social stratification, the role of law and lawyers in building nations and maintaining elite power, the role of law schools, and the main intellectual trends in legal thought. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rogelio Pérez-PerdomoPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9780804751261ISBN 10: 0804751269 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 06 January 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews“This work of imposing scholarship by a leading Latin American sociologist of law provides the first coherent, sociologically reliable history of lawyers in Latin America.”—John Henry Merryman, Stanford Law School .,. Perez-Perdomo combines scholarship with first-hand knowledge to successfully synthesize for the first time a multitude of national studies on the history of lawyers....This volume constitutes an important academic contribution as well as a fascinating long term perspective into a profession that is crucial for the conduct of modern states and the improvement of justice and the rule of law in Latin America. -- Law and Politics Book Review Author InformationRogelio Perez-Perdomo is the Law School Dean at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, Venezuela. He is coeditor of Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization: Latin America and Latin Europe (Stanford University Press, 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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