Yves Dezalays and David Sugarmans edited collection ProfessionalCompetitiom and Professional Power examines the effects of professionalizationamong European law... » 

Yves Dezalays and David Sugarmans edited collection ProfessionalCompetitiom and Professional Power examines the effects of professionalizationamong European lawyers and allied professionals. This pathbreaking workexamines the ongoing efforts of lawyers and allied professionals to constructpolice and redefine their respective boundaries. It provides a unique academicfocus on the leading corporate practitioners notably the emerging largemultinational firms of lawyers and accountants and on the ways in which theyare reshaping the roles and structure of their respective fields.Contributors concentrate heavily on mega firms of professionals who areplaying an increasingly important role in the construction of legal regulationboth national and international and therefore influencing the character of thenation state. By focusing on this type of organization and their impact ontheir respective professional fields it becomes possible to examine anew therelationship between the professions the economy and state regulations. «