{"product_id":"9781032630762","title":"Lawyers in Early Modern Europe and America by Wilfrid Prest","description":"First published in 1981, Lawyers in Early Modern Europe and America aims to present a convenient conspectus on the legal professions in early modern Europe, Scotland, France Spain and Colonial America, and to provide a comparative perspective on the place of the legal profession in Western societies before the Industrial Revolution. The main themes covered by each contributor are: the status, number and vocational functions of the different classes or groups or lawyers; their social origins; education and career patterns; relations between lawyers and clients, other occupations and status-groups and the state; the extent of legal `professionalisation' and the role of lawyers as `modernisers' in cultural, economic, political and social terms. This book will be of interest to students of history, law and political science.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368364880245,"sku":"9781032630762","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781032630762","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}