The Rise of the Legal Professions in Bilbao (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536909135)

The aim of this book is to shed light on a hitherto relatively neglected area of Spanish social history. It centers on the effects of industrialization, the growth and diversification of Legal Professionals, above all lawyers, their demographic and geographic distribution in the Casco Viejo and Ensanche of Bilbao between 1841 and 1911. Moreover, the analysis concerns the emergence of a professional 'Ideal' of Liberal Professionals and contrasts the English, Chartist lawyer, W.P.Roberts: the Pitman's Attorney and the local Bilbao lawyer, Vicente Martinez. My research into the exceptionally abundant primary sources shows the existence of an elite group of lawyers or 'lawyer intelligentsia' in tandem with a much larger 'proletarian' group of lawyers.

Author: William F. Macalevey
ISBN-10: 1536909130
ISBN-13: 9781536909135
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d