Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients Power and Meaning in the Legal Process

Name: Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients Power and Meaning in the Legal Process
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ISBN: 9780195117998

ISBN-10: 0195117999

ISBN-13: 9780195117998

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Austin Sarat, William L. F. Felstiner

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Each year more than 2 million Americans get divorced, and most of them use a lawyer. In closed-door conversations between lawyers and their clients strategy is planned, tactics are devised, and the emotional climate of the divorce is established. Do lawyers contribute to the pain and emotional difficulty of divorce by escalating demands and encouraging unreasonable behavior? Do they take advantage of clients at a time of emotional difficulty? Can and should clients trust their lawyers to look out for their welfare and advance their long-term interests? Austin Sarat and William L. F. Felstiner's new book, based on a pioneering and intensive study of actual conferences between divorce lawyers…

Book details

List price: $92.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/10/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.13" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, Amherst College. Thomas R. Kearns is William H. Hastie Professor of Philosophy & Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, & Social Thought, Amherst College.




Introduction


Fieldwork


Power and Meaning in Law and Legal Institutions


Power and Meaning in Lawyer-Client Relations



Reconstructing the Past, Imagining the Future: Defining the Domain of Relevance in Lawyer-Client Interaction


The Domain of the Past: Explaining the Failed Marriage


The Domain of the Present: Explaining Problems and Justifying Demands in the Legal Process of Divorce


The Domain of the Future: Giving Advice, Planning Strategy


Conclusion



Negotiating "Realism" and Responsibility in Lawyer-Client Interactions


Defining the Legally Possible


Allocating Responsibility


The Case of the Unsupported Wife


Conclusion



Law Talk in the Divorce Lawyer's Office


Lawyers, Clients, and the Meaning of Law


Interpreting the Legal Process of Divorce


Conclusion



From Adversariness to Resolution: Lawyers, Clients, and the World of Deals


Why Settle?


The Norms of Settlement: How Substantial Is the Law's Shadow?


"Getting to Yes": Planning the Strategy of Settlement


Conclusion



Conclusion


Notes


References


Index