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    The authority of lawyers by Heike Jung

    Published in Oñati Socio-Legal Series (2012-01-01)
    “…Still, lawyers are likely to retain the greater bulk. The author identifies and discusses the following reasons for this predominance • the affinity of lawyers with the state and public authority; • the reflex of the authority of law; • the complex nature of legal systems and the ensuing need for professionalisation; • a particular training in rhetorical, linguistic, communicative and social skills; • the function of lawyers as ‘high priests’ of the judicial ritual; • the real or supposed competence of lawyers to master each and every challenge irrespective of its nature and background; • homogeneity of the group; • the ability of lawyers to embrace and ‘swallow’ other disciplines. …”
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