Galanter, Mark and Roberts, Simon (2008) From kinship to magic circle: the London commercial law firm in the twentieth century. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 15 (3). pp. 143-178. ISSN 0969-5958
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The authors trace the successive transformations of the large London commercial law firm, which entered the 20th century as a small group of partners, typically from one or more family groups, surrounded by a large group of working class clerks who performed much of the 'professional work'. After mid-century this firm based on kinship and class hierarchy gave way to a larger firm consisting of non-kin partners selected meritocratically presiding over an increasing band of assistant solicitors and trainees recruited on the basis of their educational credentials and taking part in a promotion-to-partnership tournament. In the last decade of the century, the central institutions and understandings of this meritocratic firm gave way to a constellation of larger, less stable, and increasingly supra-national aggregations, in a setting pervaded by a fascination, both instrumental and narcissistic, with rank and image.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/09695958.ht... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Routledge |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > KD England and Wales |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2009 15:51 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2024 22:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/25369 |
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