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DOI: <
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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.