Chicago Lawyers

by Heinz, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780871543783
• ISBN10: 0871543788
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1983-09-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
The Scope and Nature of the Study	p. 1
The Data Set	p. 5
Some Characteristics of Chicago Lawyers	p. 6
The Profession: Context	p. 12
Is Chicago Typical?	p. 17
The Organization of Lawyers' Work	p. 19
The Fields of Law	p. 21
Distribution of Lawyers' Effort Among the Fields of Law	p. 23
Level of Specialization in the Fields of Law	p. 26
Patterns of Co-Practice Among Fields of Law	p. 28
Social Differentiation within the Profession	p. 37
The Degree of Differentiation	p. 40
The Dimensions of Differentiation	p. 48
Honor among Lawyers	p. 55
The Prestige Order	p. 57
The Structure of Prestige	p. 61
Correlates of Prestige: Imputed Characteristics	p. 66
Correlates of Prestige: Practitioner Characteristics	p. 73
Multivariate Models of Prestige	p. 80
The Constituencies of "Notable" Chicago Lawyers	p. 92
The Likelihood of Knowing Notables	p. 94
The Characteristics of the Notables	p. 96
Biographical Sketches of Notables	p. 97
Smallest Space Analysis of Notables' Networks	p. 105
The Notables' Space as Defined by Respondent Characteristics	p. 113
The Spheres of Influence	p. 121
The Hemispheres of the Legal Profession: Summary and Speculation	p. 127
Size, Separation, and Specialization of the Two Hemispheres	p. 130
The Legal and Medical Professions Compared	p. 137
Interests from Within and Without	p. 144
Sources of the Profession's Social Organization	p. 151
Corporate Lawyers and Their Clients: Further Thoughts on the Allocation of Autonomy	p. 160
Functional and Conflict Perspectives Reexamined	p. 166
Notes	p. 177
Name Index	p. 211
Subject Index	p. 215
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