Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalization [Hardcover]

Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalizationfocuses on the national and transnational processes transforming both the rule of law and the role of lawyers. The book draws on a framework that emphasizes the relationship between the national and the international, the strategies of lawyers at various political levels, and the circulation of ideas and people. As such, it considers the 'rule of law', not as a normative ideal that has to be accomplished and realized, but rather as a field of action and discourse that emerges through complex relationships among experts, national elites and global institutions. Through detailed empirical work, the contributors all examine the relationship between law, politics, and the state; focusing on lawyers and the social capital they posses and deploy, in order to understand the efficacy of the rule of law in different polities. Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalizationwill be invaluable for socio-legal scholars, students of the legal profession, as well as those with interests in law and development studies.

1. Introduction: Lawyers, Law, and Society Yves Dezalay andBryant G. Garth  Part 1: Law Embedded in Social Capital and Converted into Legal and Political Capital  2. Greasing the Squeaky Wheel of Justice: Lawyers, Social Networks and Dispute Processing in Venezuela Manuel A. Gomez  3. Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in Chinas Transition from Socialism Ethan Michelson  4.  The Classic Model and its Transformation Maria Malatesta  Part 2: Imported Know-How and Local Know-Who  5.  Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Argentina. Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Transformation of the National Legal Field VirgilÓ.