The Lawyer from Antiquity to Modern Times, with Particular Reference to the Development of Bar Associations in the United States

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xxxii, 404 pp. CONTENTS: Survey of the Legal Profession: Director, Officers and Council; Survey of the Legal Profession: Its Scope, Methods and Objectives, by Reginald Herber Smith ; Introduction, by Robert G. Storey; Preface, by Roscoe Pound; Bibliography; What is a Bar Association?; Origins: The Lawyer in Antiquity; The Organization of Lawyers in the Ecclesiastical Courts and in Tribunals of the Civil Law; The Organization of Lawyers in Medieval England; The Organization of the Profession in England from the End of the Middle Ages to the American Revolution; The Rise and Organization of Lawyers in Colonial America; Bar Organization in the Formative Era; The Era of Decadence, 1836-1870; The Revival of Professional Organization; Epilogue; Table of Publications and Articles Quoted or Cited; Index. Show more