Book review: The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of Corporate Legal Sector and Its Impact on Lawyers and Society. Edited by David B. Wilkins, Vikramaditya S. Khanna, and David M. Trubek, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi
| Author | Prakash Sharma |
| DOI | 10.1177/2322005818814377 |
| Published date | 01 January 2019 |
| Date | 01 January 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of Corporate Legal Sector and Its
Impact on Lawyers and Society. Edited by David B. Wilkins, Vikramaditya S. Khanna, and David M.
Trubek, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2018 (South Asian Edition). xv + 756 pp., (Paperback),
`895. ISBN: 978-1-108-44487-3
DOI: 10.1177/2322005818814377
Today we are witnessing dramatic global transformations that call into question both the content and the
methodology of legal education.1 The emerging economies are responding this phenomenon through
external and internal dimension, that is, by developing capacity to assert its interests both at international
as well as national administrative fora. The contemporary legal education accommodates globalization
by implementing the notion of a comprehensive transnational legal system that assist with the interaction,
interpretation and internalization of the international norms into domestic legal structures.2
This edited volume is a collection of 22 articles, divided into seven sections, all examining how
globalization is reshaping the market for legal services in emerging economies.3 The book is the first in
a series by the project on Globalization Lawyers and Emerging Economies (GLEE) and presents 20
empirical studies, which demonstrates transformation in Indian legal profession (ILP). The book details
the emergence of ‘corporate legal hemisphere’ in India and depicts how world’s largest democracy,
since 1991, began the process of moving from an essentially state-controlled to state-led economy.
The book starts with a brief overview of the GLEE project and locates its historical, theoretical and
methodological commitments in relation to (a) sociology of the legal profession, (b) globalization studies
and (c) law and development.4 Discussing the future trajectory of India’s corporate legal sector, David B.
Wilkins et al. opined that the trend will reveal growth in coming years.5...
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