Richard L. Abel (born September 13, 1941) is a Professor of Law (now emeritus), a specialist in African Law Studies and a renowned socio-legal scholar. He received his B.A. from

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(1962), his LL.B. from

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(1965) and his Ph.D. from the

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(1974) where he was a

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. He has been a member of the faculty of the

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since 1974.UCLA Law
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and editor of the ''

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''.

Selected publications

* "Contesting Legality in the United States After September 11", in Fighting for Political Freedom: Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Liberalism, edited by Terence Halliday, Lucien Karpik, and Malcolm Feeley (Onati International Series in Law and Society). Oxford (2008). * English Lawyers between Market and State: The Politics of Professionalism (2003). * Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech (1998). * Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980–1994 (1995); * (edited with Philip S.C. Lewis) Lawyers in Society. An Overview. (1995). * "Transnational Law Practice", 44 Case Western Reserve Law Review (1993), 737; * The Politics of Informal Justice (editor, 1982). * (with William Felstiner and Austin sarat) "The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes: Naming, Blaming, Claiming" 15 Law & Society Review, (1980), 631.

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Richard Abel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Richard Living people Harvard College alumni Columbia Law School alumni Alumni of the University of London UCLA School of Law faculty Legal educators 1941 births