ABSTRACT

This paper begins by explaining Philip Lewis’s key contribution to the development of legal professions studies, culminating in the three volume comparative work Lawyers in Society to which he contributed and co-edited with Rick Abel [(1988a) Lawyers in Society: Vol I The Common Law World (Berkeley, University of California Press); (1988b) Lawyers in Society: Vol II The Civil Law World (Berkeley, University of California Press); (1989a) Lawyers in Society: Vol III Comparative Theories (Berkeley, University of California Press)]. We discuss how this project led to the establishment of the RCSL International Working Group for Comparative Studies of Legal Professions – http://rcsl.iscte.pt/rcsl_wg_professions.htm – and, thirty years later, inspired our current work: Lawyers in 21st Century Societies https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/lawyers-in-21st-century-societies-9781509915156/. We outline the parameters of both studies, focusing particularly on their methodology, and summarise some findings from the current study. We conclude by acknowledging the enormous debt this owes to Philip Lewis.

摘要

本文首先解释了菲利普·刘易斯（Philip Lewis）对法律职业研究发展的重要贡献，最后总结了他与里克·阿贝尔（Rick Abel，[1988a）社会上的律师：第一卷，共同研究》中的三卷比较工作。法律世界（加州大学伯克利分校）；（1988b）社会上的律师：第二卷《民法界》（伯克利，加利福尼亚大学出版社）；（1989a）社会上的律师：第三卷比较理论（伯克利，加利福尼亚大学出版社）。我们将讨论该项目如何导致建立RCSL法律专业比较研究国际工作组– http://rcsl.iscte.pt/rcsl_wg_professions.htm –三十年后，这启发了我们当前的工作：21世纪的律师世纪协会https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/lawyers-in-21st-century-societies-9781509915156/。我们概述了这两项研究的参数，尤其着重于它们的方法，并总结了当前研究的一些发现。最后，我们感谢菲利普·刘易斯所欠的巨额债务。