Article
A New Class of Lawyers: The Therapeutic as Rights Talk
Columbia Law Review
(1996)
Abstract
This 1996 essay reviews three books: Anthony T. Kronman, 'The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession' (Belknap 1993); Steven Brint, 'In an Age of Experts: The Changing Role of Professionals in Politics and Public Life' (Princeton 1994); and Christopher Lasch, 'The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy' (WW Norton 1995). The review essay argues that lawyers in the United States should be seen as part of the professional New Class who use the law as a monopoly in the management by elites of the rest of society. The review examines the history of New Class theory - especially as criticized by Steven Brint - and locates lawyers within it as a group characterized by claims to expertise.
Keywords
- class,
- new class,
- legal ethics,
- lawyering profession,
- social theory,
- lawyers,
- professions,
- sociology,
- experts,
- therapy,
- therapeutic,
- rights talk,
- globalization
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 1996
Citation Information
Kenneth Anderson. "A New Class of Lawyers: The Therapeutic as Rights Talk" Columbia Law Review Vol. 96 Iss. 4 (1996) p. 1062 - 1091 ISSN: 0010-1958 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kenneth_anderson/64/