Private Power and Centralization in France : : The Notaires and the State / / Ezra N. Suleiman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Suleiman, Ezra N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 828
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; PART ONE. The Problem of the State --; 1. Introduction --; 2. State Structures and State Power --; PART TWO. The Legacy of History --; 3. The Eternal Dilemma --; 4. The Eternal Crisis --; PART THREE. Marshaling Forces --; 5. The Need for Change --; 6. The Modernization of the Profession: Changing a Mentality --; 7. The Modernization of the Profession: Information and the Computer --; 8. Organization --; PART FOUR. Policymaking under Centralization --; 9. Socialism and the Profession --; 10. Socialism and the Reform of the Profession --; 11. The Profession and the State --; 12. The Profession's Bankers --; 13. Planning the Future: The Notaires and the Cause des Depots --; PART FIVE. Conclusion --; 14. Centralization and the Failure of a Reform --; Glossary --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400859016; 9783110413441; 9783110413663; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400859016
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ezra N. Suleiman.

By examining the relationship between the notaires, members of a significant French legal profession with deep roots in French history, and the state, Ezra Suleiman demonstrates that clientelism exists and may be more dangerous in a centralized state than in a decentralized one.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.