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Lawyers in the Third World: comparative and developmental perspectives
The Nordic Africa Institute.
1981 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The underlying reason for this book is a concern about the social impact of legal professions on "development" and "underdevelopment" and on the capacity of the mass of people in the countries studied (who are poor by any standards) to use law to better their social condition.

Part of the book is a collection of empirical and historical studies of lawyers in various Third World countries. These studies offer data and insights of value to legal and other scholars of the countries and regions examined; material for historians of colonial societies; contributions to theories of professionalism and the sociology of occupational groups, evidence to support theories which link characteristics of legal professions with characteristics of the political economy within which they exist.

An overview essay discusses different paradigms which have influenced thinking about development and the significance of lawyers in it, and different approaches which may affect the study and evaluation of legal professions. The country studies come next. The concluding chapters set out some generalizations about social factors which have influenced the history and character of Third World professions and the social impact of professions, notably on the rural poor. Generally, the case studies suggest that legal professions contribute to the kind of highly skewed distribution of wealth and power now characteristic of many Third World polities. A final chapter explores the implications of these findings for alternative approaches to development.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet , 1981. , p. 400
Series
Studies of Law in Social Change and Development ; 3
Keywords [en]
Africa, Developing countries, Lawyers
National Category
Law and Society
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-691ISBN: 91-7106-176-2 (print)ISBN: 91-7106-179-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-691DiVA, id: diva2:277805
Note

Contents: Part 1. STUDIES OF LAWYERS AND THEIR PROFESSIONS -- Chapter 1. Lawyers, Legal Professions, Modernization and Development / Clarence J. Dias and James C.N. Paul -- Chapter 2. Legal Roles in Columbia: Some Social, Economic and Political Perspectives / Dennis O. Lynch -- Chapter 3. Jurists in Venezuelan History / Rogelio Perez Perdomo -- Chapter 4. Imperialism, Law and Structural Dependence: The Ghana Legal Profession / Robin Luckham -- Chapter 5. Women Lawyers in Ghana / Beverly D. Houghton -- Chapter 6. Law and Lawyers in Kenya and Tanzania: Some Political Economy Considerations / Yash P. Ghai -- Chapter 7. Professionalism and change: The Emergent Lawyer / Amos O. Odenyo -- Chapter 8. The Tanzania Legal Profession / Medard R.K Rwelamira -- Chapter 9. Legal Profession in the Sudan: A Study of Legal and Professional Pluralism / Salman M.A. Salman -- Chapter 10. The Malaysian Legal Profession in Transition: Structural Change and Public Access to the Legal System / K.G. Machade and Rahim Said -- Part 2. COMPARATIVE, HISTORICAL AND OTHER SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES -- Chapter 11. Professions, Professionalism and the Law: Some Reflections by a Political Economist / Reginald Herbold Green -- Chapter 12. The Political Economy of Legal Professions: Towards a Framework for Comparison / Robin Luckham -- Chapter 13. Observations on Lawyers in Development and Underdevelopment / Clarence J. Dias and James C.N Paul -- Chapter 14. Lawyers, Legal Resources and Alternative Approaches to Development / Clarence J. Dias and James C.N Paul

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