From general estate to special interest : German lawyers, 1878-1933 / Kenneth F. Ledford.
1996
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From general estate to special interest : German lawyers, 1878-1933 / Kenneth F. Ledford.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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1 online resource (xxxv, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Hierarchy of Courts
Glossary of Legal and Other Terms
1. The Archimedean Point: Lawyers, Liberalism, and the Middle-Class Project
2. Freie Advokatur: The Blending of the Middle-Class and Professional Projects
3. Foundation of the Modern Profession: The Private Bar under the Lawyers' Statute
4. Institutional Framework: Lawyers and Honoratiorenpolitik
5. Growth and Diversification: Lawyers in the Province of Hannover, 1878-1933
6. Elites and Professional Ideology: Self-Discipline and Self-Administration by the Anwaltskammer Celle
7. Simultaneous Admission: The Limits of Honoratiorenpolitik
8. The Limits of Economic Liberalism: Freie Advokatur or Numerus Clausus?
9. The Limits of Political Liberalism: Lawyers and the Weimar State
10. Conclusion: Lawyers and the Limits of Liberalism.
Glossary of Legal and Other Terms
1. The Archimedean Point: Lawyers, Liberalism, and the Middle-Class Project
2. Freie Advokatur: The Blending of the Middle-Class and Professional Projects
3. Foundation of the Modern Profession: The Private Bar under the Lawyers' Statute
4. Institutional Framework: Lawyers and Honoratiorenpolitik
5. Growth and Diversification: Lawyers in the Province of Hannover, 1878-1933
6. Elites and Professional Ideology: Self-Discipline and Self-Administration by the Anwaltskammer Celle
7. Simultaneous Admission: The Limits of Honoratiorenpolitik
8. The Limits of Economic Liberalism: Freie Advokatur or Numerus Clausus?
9. The Limits of Political Liberalism: Lawyers and the Weimar State
10. Conclusion: Lawyers and the Limits of Liberalism.
Summary
The history of German lawyers in private practice from 1878 to 1933 helps answer questions about the inability of German liberalism to withstand National Socialism in 1933. Lawyers connect the procedural focus of legal thinking with procedural notions of individual liberties. In Germany they won free entry and self-government for their profession in 1878, thinking that these changes would lead to civic leadership and expanded liberty, but the forces that were unleashed revealed internal tensions and the limits of professional influence. Exaggerated expectations for the legal profession in public life exposed the limitations of procedural liberalism, with tragic consequences for Germany.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511528880 ebook
9780521560313 (hardback)
9780521030205 (paperback)
9780521560313 (hardback)
9780521030205 (paperback)
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