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Author Sarat, Austin.

Title Divorce lawyers and their clients : power and meaning in the legal process / Austin D. Sarat, William L.F. Felstiner.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing the Past, Imagining the Future: Defining the Domain of Relevance in Lawyer-Client Interaction; 3. Negotiating "Realism" and Responsibility in Lawyer-Client Interactions; 4. Law Talk in the Divorce Lawyer's Office; 5. From Adversariness to Resolution: Lawyers, Clients, and the World of Deals; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
Summary Based on over 100 lawyer-client conferences at which the authors were observers, this book charts the complicated and shifting relationships between the two as they work out the strategy and tactics of divorce. It also examines the nature of the marriage and why marriages fail, the nature of the legal process and the best way to resolve divorce.
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Subject Divorce suits -- United States.
Divorce suits.
United States.
Attorney and client -- United States.
Attorney and client.
Indexed Term Divorce Law
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Felstiner, William L. F.
Other Form: Print version: Sarat, Austin. Divorce lawyers and their clients. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (DLC) 94024538
ISBN 142940633X (electronic book)
9781429406338 (electronic book)
0195362489
9780195362480
9780195063875
0195063872
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9781280524851
0195063872