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10.7202/056957ar

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10.7202/056957ar

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A poorly known elite: lawyers in the Roman society at the turn of the 20th century

Abstract

Lawyers arc omnipresent in Quebec society, but historiography lias scarcely begun to pay any serious attention to them. The author endeavours to provide a better understanding of their role and place in Montreal society and among its elite. Two major propositions emerge from her analyses: that the wide range of the interests underlying lawyers' non-legal activities enhances their visibility and allows them to exert a certain degree of power and influence over the authorities; and that lawyers form a socio-professional group whose members, while not belonging to the same social class, nonetheless constitute an elite that is involved in the development of Montreal society.

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