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The legal professions and trade unionism: the ‘Dicey’ dilemma
Author(s) -
Milner Simon
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1990.tb00613.x
Subject(s) - dilemma , trade union , government (linguistics) , law and economics , economics , political science , law , political economy , international trade , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics
Are the legal professions simply glorified trade unions? In 1867 Dicey's consideration of the question proved inconclusive. Recent evidence, culminating in the trade union like defence of their practices by the professions following the Government's 1989 Green Paper, seems to have resolved his dilemma.