Reviews for Scottish Poor Law 1745-1845

The average rating for Scottish Poor Law 1745-1845 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-22 00:00:00 Steven Ricks I thought that this law book gave a very different take on the legal profession than most legal books. The author describes the legal profession as rigid, hierarcical, and adversarial (which are all true), but then he talks about how the institutional aspects of the profession affect an attorney as an individual such that life is not certain, logical and orderly like the law. Thus, Sells talks about how attorneys tend to be frustrated in their personal lives by the profession as a whole because they cannot escape the rigid structures of their chosen profession. For example, on page 96, Sells says "On the other hand the lawyer is only partly a lawyer and feels from within the powerful tug of other currents, other needs. This situation exists everywhere and for everyone, but is harder on the lawyer because of the Law's demanding tendencies. And so the lawyer must champion control and order while knowing in his or her heart that things are neither controllable nor orderly."

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-17 00:00:00 Leesa Lowder Thoughtful and interesting. Can be read piecemeal. Bit depressing.