- Title
- The state's role in the regulation and provision of legal services in South Africa and the United States: supporting, nudging, or interfering
- Creator
- Kruuse, Helen, Genty, Philip
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/129153
- Identifier
- vital:36225
- Identifier
- https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/frdint42amp;i=390
- Description
- An independent legal profession is said to be "the bulwark of a free and democratic society."1 It is also said that a high measure of independence of mind and action by legal actors is necessary for the maintenance of the rule of law.2 However, too often, there is the allegation (within the sociological literature in particular) that the legal profession has used the concepts of independence and the rule of law as a shield or cuirass rather than as a sword.3 The image of lawyers representing unpopular clients fearlessly and advocating on behalf of unpopular causes, so as to uphold legal rights, is replaced with images of lawyers using these self-same concepts to preserve the status quo,4 favor those with high social status5 and pursue self-regulation for self-interest rather than for any so-called public interest. 6
- Format
- 35 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Fordham International Law Journal, Kruuse, H. and Genty, P., 2018. The State's Role in the Regulation and Provision of Legal Services in South Africa and the United States: Supporting, Nudging, Or Interfering. Fordham Int'l LJ, 42, p.373., Fordham International Law Journal volume 42 number 2 373 406 December 2018 0747-9395
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