{"product_id":"9781509988945","title":"Diversity in the Legal Profession Positive Action and the Limits of the Law","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDiversity in the Legal Profession\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePositive Action and the Limits of the Law\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLizzie Barmes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaw \/ Legal Profession\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book investigates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e measures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to increase diversity in the legal profession of England and Wales and the impact of equality law on what has been done, focussing on how law enables organisations lawfully to take positive or affirmative action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book combines a qualitative interview study of lawyers, legal regulators, recruitment consultants and other civil society actors, with analysis of developments in the legal profession, in equality law and in understanding of the role of law in society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe evidence paints a puzzling picture of the law on positive action being both very little known and seen as limiting what employers do to advance equality, much as significant positive action has been taken anyway, at least in this section of the legal profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe glimpse into legal practice revealed complex attitudes, persistent barriers to fundamental change, and, in hindsight, that the larger forces driving inequality mean that liberalizing positive action laws was never likely to make much difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis case study therefore cautions against overestimating equality law's power to deliver change while putting forward strategies for enhancing its effectiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the broadest level, the book argues for frank acknowledgment of law's limitations, a stronger focus on understanding how legal interventions function in practice before deploying them, and for the full implications of law's limits to be traced through in politics and society. The urgent need is for renewed effort to discover and build other mechanisms for addressing inequality and the many other major challenges we currently face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLizzie Barmes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Labour Law at Queen Mary University of London, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509988945\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333862785164,"sku":"9781509988945","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a62e5ba6-b59e-4d58-8c01-af7bcc05e874.jpg?v=1783617200","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509988945","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}