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Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945 (Studies in Legal History)
Felice Batlan
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Description for Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945 (Studies in Legal History)
paperback. This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 238 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ; LNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
This book re-examines fundamental assumptions about the American legal profession and the boundaries between 'professional' lawyers, 'lay' lawyers, and social workers. Putting legal history and women's history in dialogue, it demonstrates that nineteenth-century women's organizations first offered legal aid to the poor and that middle-class women functioning as lay lawyers, provided such assistance. Felice Batlan illustrates that by the early twentieth century, male lawyers founded their own legal aid societies. These new legal aid lawyers created an imagined history of legal aid and a blueprint for its future in which women played no role and their accomplishments were intentionally omitted. ... Read more
This book re-examines fundamental assumptions about the American legal profession and the boundaries between 'professional' lawyers, 'lay' lawyers, and social workers. Putting legal history and women's history in dialogue, it demonstrates that nineteenth-century women's organizations first offered legal aid to the poor and that middle-class women functioning as lay lawyers, provided such assistance. Felice Batlan illustrates that by the early twentieth century, male lawyers founded their own legal aid societies. These new legal aid lawyers created an imagined history of legal aid and a blueprint for its future in which women played no role and their accomplishments were intentionally omitted. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Legal History
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107446410
SKU
V9781107446410
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About Felice Batlan
Felice Batlan is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Her groundbreaking work, which explores interactions between law, gender, history, and the legal profession, has appeared in numerous law reviews, history journals, and anthologies. She is a book review editor for Law and History Review and was an associate editor of ... Read more
Reviews for Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945 (Studies in Legal History)
'Women and Justice for the Poor is an exciting and timely intervention into work on lawyering in the United States. Batlan establishes the deep relevance of ideas about gender and race to the history of law and legal practice through ambitious research, provocative analysis, and engaging narrative.' Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan 'By tracking legal ... Read more