The Resource Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945, Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, (electronic resource)
Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945, Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, (electronic resource)
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The item Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945, Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "This book re-examines fundamental assumptions about the American legal profession and the boundaries between 'professional' lawyers, 'lay' lawyers, and social workers. Putting legal history and women's history in dialogue, it demonstrates that nineteenth-century women's organizations first offered legal aid to the poor and that middle-class women functioning as lay lawyers, provided such assistance. Felice Batlan illustrates that by the early twentieth century, male lawyers founded their own legal aid societies. These new legal aid lawyers created an imagined history of legal aid and a blueprint for its future in which women played no role and their accomplishments were intentionally omitted. In response, women social workers offered harsh criticisms of legal aid leaders and developed a more robust social work model of legal aid. These different models produced conflicting understandings of expertise, professionalism, the rule of law, and ultimately, the meaning of justice for the poor"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. A Female Dominion of Legal Aid, 1863-1910: 1. The origins of legal aid; 2. The Chicago experience: the maturation of women's legal aid; Part II. The Professionalization of Legal Aid, 1890-1921: 3. Of immigrants, sailors, and servants: the Legal Aid Society of New York; 4. Reinventing legal aid; Part III. Dialogues: Lawyers and Social Workers, 1921-45: 5. Constellations of justice; 6. Compromises; Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781107446410
- Label
- Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945
- Title
- Women and justice for the poor
- Title remainder
- a history of legal aid, 1863-1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book re-examines fundamental assumptions about the American legal profession and the boundaries between 'professional' lawyers, 'lay' lawyers, and social workers. Putting legal history and women's history in dialogue, it demonstrates that nineteenth-century women's organizations first offered legal aid to the poor and that middle-class women functioning as lay lawyers, provided such assistance. Felice Batlan illustrates that by the early twentieth century, male lawyers founded their own legal aid societies. These new legal aid lawyers created an imagined history of legal aid and a blueprint for its future in which women played no role and their accomplishments were intentionally omitted. In response, women social workers offered harsh criticisms of legal aid leaders and developed a more robust social work model of legal aid. These different models produced conflicting understandings of expertise, professionalism, the rule of law, and ultimately, the meaning of justice for the poor"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Batlan, Felice
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in legal history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Legal aid
- Women
- Label
- Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945, Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. A Female Dominion of Legal Aid, 1863-1910: 1. The origins of legal aid; 2. The Chicago experience: the maturation of women's legal aid; Part II. The Professionalization of Legal Aid, 1890-1921: 3. Of immigrants, sailors, and servants: the Legal Aid Society of New York; 4. Reinventing legal aid; Part III. Dialogues: Lawyers and Social Workers, 1921-45: 5. Constellations of justice; 6. Compromises; Conclusion
- Control code
- ssib025099687
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781107446410
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Note
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssib025099687
- Label
- Women and justice for the poor : a history of legal aid, 1863-1945, Felice Batlan, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. A Female Dominion of Legal Aid, 1863-1910: 1. The origins of legal aid; 2. The Chicago experience: the maturation of women's legal aid; Part II. The Professionalization of Legal Aid, 1890-1921: 3. Of immigrants, sailors, and servants: the Legal Aid Society of New York; 4. Reinventing legal aid; Part III. Dialogues: Lawyers and Social Workers, 1921-45: 5. Constellations of justice; 6. Compromises; Conclusion
- Control code
- ssib025099687
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781107446410
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Note
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssib025099687
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