At the Edge of Law

Law is now practised by groups, individuals and in settings far removed from the core of classic legal professionalism. In studying the professional trajectories of those at the profession's margins, At the Edge of Law presents a fuller and more nuanced analysis of the changing nature of contemporary legal professionalism. Moreover, it represents a theoretical development in exploring a core tension facing contemporary legal professionalism; the accommodation of some of these divergent visions of legal practice, while simultaneously reinforcing patterns of occupational closure.