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      How Autocrats Seek Power

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of the rise of Trump's populist support in 2016, and…

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      How Autocrats Seek Power

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of the rise of Trump's populist support in 2016, and…

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      English Lawyers Between Market and State: The Politics of Professionalism

      Richard L. Abel

      Reform of the English legal profession, initiated by a Conservative Lord Chancellor during the 1990s and extended by his Labour successor, transformed traditions, over the vigorous objections of the judiciary…

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      The Law and Society Reader

      Richard L. Abel

      For centuries, the law has been considered a neutral, objective arena that sets societal standards and in which conflicting forces resolve disputes. This title seeks to provide answers to what…

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      The Law and Society Reader

      Richard L. Abel

      Examining issues such as the limits of legal change and the capacity of law to act as a revolutionary agent, this book offers an introduction to the relationship between law…

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      How Autocrats Abuse Power

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump's efforts to erode democracy's essential elements and…

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      How Autocrats Attack Expertise

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of Trump's assault on truth and his populist attacks on…

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      How Autocrats Abuse Power

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump's efforts to erode democracy's essential elements and…

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      How Autocrats Attack Expertise

      Richard L. Abel

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of Trump's assault on truth and his populist attacks on…

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      Lawyers in the Dock: Learning from Attorney Disciplinary Procedings

      Richard L Abel

      For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image. But their response has been limited to spending…

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      The Making of the English Legal Profession

      Richard, L. Abel

      Analyzes barristers and solicitors as a legal profession in England and Wales.

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      Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech

      Richard Abel

      Intense passions are aroused by hurtful speech. In this study Richard Abel offers an original framework for understanding and attempting to resolve these conflicts and seeks to expose the inadequacies…

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      Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech

      Richard Abel

      Intense passions are aroused by hurtful speech. In this study Richard Abel offers an original framework for understanding and attempting to resolve these conflicts and seeks to expose the inadequacies…

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      English Lawyers between Market and State

      Richard Abel

      The English legal profession was often in the headlines during the 1990s. Reforms initiated by a Conservative Lord Chancellor and extended by his Labour successor transformed traditions, over the objections…

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      Law’s Trials: The Performance of Legal Institutions in the US ‘War on Terror

      Richard L. Abel (University of California, Los Angeles)

      All Americans should be deeply troubled by violations of fundamental freedoms in the US ‘war on terror’. This is the only comprehensive account of efforts during the Bush and Obama…

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      Law’s Trials: The Performance of Legal Institutions in the US ‘War on Terror

      Richard L. Abel (University of California, Los Angeles)

      All Americans should be deeply troubled by violations of fundamental freedoms in the US ‘war on terror’. This is the only comprehensive account of efforts during the Bush and Obama…

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      Law’s Wars: The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US ‘War on Terror

      Richard L. Abel (University of California, Los Angeles)

      All Americans should be deeply troubled by violations of fundamental freedoms in the US ‘war on terror’. This is the only comprehensive account of efforts during the Bush and Obama…

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      Law’s Wars: The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US ‘War on Terror

      Richard L. Abel (University of California, Los Angeles)

      All Americans should be deeply troubled by violations of fundamental freedoms in the US ‘war on terror’. This is the only comprehensive account of efforts during the Bush and Obama…

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      Lawyers in Society: The Common Law World

      Features essays describing the legal profession in the common law world.

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      Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World

      Features essays describing the legal profession in the civil law world.

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      Lawyers in Society: Comparative Theories

      Contains comparative and theoretical essays on the legal profession around the world.

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      American Lawyers

      Richard L. Abel (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles)

      This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the…

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      Lawyers on Trial: Understanding Ethical Misconduct

      Richard L. Abel (Connell Professor of Law Emeritus, Connell Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA Law School)

      Lawyer misconduct affects many people: clients, adversaries, opposing counsel, judges, the legal profession, and society at large. The records of disciplinary proceedings offer a penetrating, and largely ignored, perspective on…

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      Lawyers in the Dock

      Richard L. Abel (Michael J. Connell Professor of Law Emeritus, Michael J. Connell Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA Law School)

      In Lawyers in the Dock, Richard L. Abel examines accounts of disciplined New York lawyers, whose vivid, compelling dramas breathe life into the ethical rules governing the legal profession. Abel…

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      Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies: Vol. 2: Comparisons and Theories

      This book presents an invaluable collection of essays by eminent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines on the main issues currently confronting legal professions across the world.

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      Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies: Vol. 1: National Reports

      The world’s legal professions have undergone dramatic changes in the 30 years since publication of the landmark three-volume Lawyers in Society, which launched comparative sociological studies of lawyers. This is…

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