Sociologies (Feb 2010)
La prévention par le droit
Abstract
Prevention by law. Territories and division of juridical work in FranceIn a way to promote access to justice and legal services for disadvantaged people, French Justice Department created a new kind of occupation: proximity lawyers. This article analyses how traditional lawyers and proximity lawyers negotiate the division of work, as well as how it reshapes relationships between national Justice Department and the states (collectivités territoriales).
