| Description |
1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations (colour) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Malcolm M. Feeley and Malcolm Langford -- Nordic exceptionalism and the legal complex / Malcolm M. Feeley and Malcolm Langford -- The legal complex in struggles for political liberalism in Sweden / Johan Karlsson Schaffer -- Denmark : between the law state and the welfare state / Mikael Rask Madsen -- Norwegian lawyers and political mobilization 1623-2015 / Malcolm Langford -- The legal complex : Denmark and Norway under German occupation 1940-1945 / Hans Petter Graver -- Finland : lawyers in and out of the shadows of political liberalism / Esa Konttinen -- Iceland : lawyers, politics, and liberalism / Ragnhildur Helgadóttir -- Revisiting the theory of the legal complex / Malcolm Langford |
| Summary |
Spanning two centuries and five Nordic countries, this book questions the view that political lawyers are required for the development of a liberal political regime. It combines cross-disciplinary theory and careful empirical case studies by country experts whose regional insights are brought to bear on wider global contexts |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2021 |
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"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 9, 2022) |
| Subject |
Law -- Scandinavia -- History
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Lawyers -- Scandinavia -- History
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Lawyers -- Political activity -- Scandinavia -- History
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Law -- Political aspects -- Scandinavia -- History
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Liberalism -- Scandinavia -- History
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Law.
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Law -- Political aspects.
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Lawyers.
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Lawyers -- Political activity.
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Liberalism.
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Scandinavia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Feeley, Malcolm M., editor
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Langford, Malcolm, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191943669 |
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0191943665 |
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