Richard Abel (lawyer)
Richard L. Abel is a Professor of Law, a specialist in African Law Studies and a renowned socio-legal scholar. He received his B.A. from Harvard University, his LL.B. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of London where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has been a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Law since 1974. He is a past president of the Law and Society Association and editor of the Law & Society Review.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. Oxford.
- English Lawyers between Market and State: The Politics of Professionalism.
- Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech.
- Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980–1994 ;
- Lawyers in Society. An Overview..
- "Transnational Law Practice", 44 Case Western Reserve Law Review, 737;
- The Politics of Informal Justice.
- "The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes: Naming, Blaming, Claiming" 15 Law & Society Review,, 631.
