Antoine VAUCHEZ - Political and Administration Elite and Business Lawyers. Sociology of a Border Area

Pouvoirs n°140 - janvier 2012 - p.71-81

The recent infatuation of first rank politicians for the Paris bar is intriguing and suggests the need to re-examine the border area between “politics” and the “bar”. The article proposes to go beyond the traditional alternative between the thesis of a return to the “Republic of Lawyers” and that of a drift toward a “Business Republic” and conflicts of interests. By following the circulations, the adding up and transfers of positions in the border area between the world of politics and that of the Paris Bar, one can identify the emergence of a totally new zone - albeit well-limited and precarious - of contiguities and interdependence at the edge of the worlds of political and administrative elite and business lawyers’ practices. Résumé

Référence électonique : Antoine VAUCHEZ, "Political and Administration Elite and Business Lawyers. Sociology of a Border Area", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°140, 2012, p.71-81. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Political-and-Administration-Elite.html