ABSTRACT

The English Bar sets great store by traditions and symbols. One of these, the cab rank rule, is considered above reproach. The author was commissioned to examine the working of the rule by the Legal Services Board. The resulting analysis caused much indignation among the Bar with a complete rejection of the research. This article discusses from sociological and economic perspectives how the rule functions and why the Bar was unable to engage positively. It also examines various issues in doing research on the legal profession by looking at other researchers’ histories, how the legal profession is averse to change and modernisation and clings to a manufactured sense of tradition. Any challenge to the profession’s symbolic order is perceived as a threat rather than a moment of reflection.

摘要

英式酒吧非常重视传统和符号。其中之一，出租车等级规则，被认为是无可非议的。提交人受法律服务委员会委托检查该规则的实施情况。结果分析引起了律师协会的极大愤慨，完全拒绝了这项研究。本文从社会学和经济学的角度讨论了规则如何发挥作用以及为什么大律师公会无法积极参与。它还通过查看其他研究人员的历史，研究法律专业研究中的各种问题，以及法律专业如何反对变革和现代化，以及如何坚持一种人为的传统意识。对职业象征秩序的任何挑战都被视为一种威胁，而不是反思的时刻。