Catalonia's Advocates: Lawyers, Society, and Politics in Barcelona, 1759-1900
Catalonia's Advocates: Lawyers, Society, and Politics in Barcelona, 1759-1900
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Abstract
Offering a window into the history of the modern legal profession in Western Europe, this book presents a history of lawyers in the most industrialized city on the Mediterranean. Far from being mere curators of static law, Barcelona's lawyers were at the center of social conflict and political and economic change, mediating between state, family, and society. Beginning with the resurrection of a decadent bar during the Enlightenment, this book traces the historical evolution of lawyers throughout the long nineteenth century. Among the issues it explores are: the attributes of the modern legal profession; how lawyers engaged with the Enlightenment; how lawyers molded events in the Age of Revolution and helped consolidate a liberal constitutional order; why a liberal profession became conservative and corporatist; and how lawyers promoted fin-de-siecle nationalism. From the vantage point of a city with a distinguished legal tradition, the book provides fresh insight into: European social and legal history; the origins of liberal professionalism; education, training, and the practice of law in the nineteenth century; the expansion of continental bureaucracies; and the corporatist aspects of modern nationalism.
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Front Matter
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Introduction Lawyers and the City
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The Modern Profession Old Regime and Enlightenment
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The Liberal Profession War, Revolution, and Repression
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The Conservative Profession: Institutions, Leaders, and the Law
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The Corporate Profession Backgrounds, Training, and Practice
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The Nationalist Profession Law and Catalanism
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Conclusion and Epilogue The Silver Age of the Profession
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End Matter
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