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Sagafi-nejad, Nancy Black, 1937-

Friends at the bar : a Quaker view of law, conflict resolution, and legal reform / Nancy Black Sagafi-nejad. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 254 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About friends -- Friends' beginnings in England -- Penn's holy experiment in Pennsylvania and his changes to its laws -- Quakers as plaintiffs and defendants in court and as "divine lobbyists" -- Quaker lawyers and lawyer ethics -- Mediation and arbitration : past and future.

A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends' relationship with the American legal system and at Friends' legal ethics.


English.

ISBN: 9781441687067 1441687068 1438434154 9781438434155

Source: 22573/cats18208574 JSTOR

LCCN: 2010020730

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quakers--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Religion and law--United States.
Religion et droit--États-Unis.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
Quakers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Religion and law
Legal status.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States

LC Class. No.: KF4869.Q83 / S24 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 342.7308/52