Chronopoulou, A. 2024. Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race. in: Whyte, A., Tuitt P. and Bourne, J. (ed.) The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law London University of Westminster Press. pp. 222
| Chapter title | Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race |
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| Authors | Chronopoulou, A. |
| Editors | Whyte, A. |
| Tuitt P. | |
| Bourne, J. | |
| Abstract | This chapter examines how the Maffesolian theory of neo-tribal sociality challenges race as one of the main characteristics of legal professional identity. It investigates the commodification of ‘race’ as a component of professional identity construction attesting to exclusionary practices. Academic accounts perceive ‘race’ either as an issue of discrimination or even of diversity, therefore, inclusion. This chapter examines ‘race’ from a different perspective. It perceives ‘race’ as an element of neo-tribalism especially in the upper echelons of the legal profession in England and Wales. The use of the notion of neo-tribal sociality in the study of the legal profession resurfaces hidden aspects of legal professional identity, which could potentially amount to a renegotiation of ‘race’ as a commodity. From this perspective, this chapter reveals aspects of a new kind of legal professional identity suggestive of elements of neo-tribalism. These claims are supported by a thorough examination of a small sample of older and more recent advertising material of some sets of Chambers and some large corporate law firms in England. |
| Keywords | the legal profession |
| sociology | |
| race | |
| Book title | The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law |
| Page range | 222 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | University of Westminster Press |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 20 Feb 2024 |
| Place of publication | London |
| ISBN | 9781914386404 |
| 9781914386428 | |
| 9781914386435 | |
| 9781914386411 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.16997/book63 |
| File | License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |