Contents -- Introduction -- I: The Best Men and the Best Opportunities -- II: A Stratified Profession -- III: Scientific Expertise: The Triumph of the New Professoriat -- IV: Cleansing the Bar -- V: Babbitry at the Bar -- VI: A Great State Service -- VII: The New Deal: A Lawyer's Deal -- VIII: Cold War Conformity -- IX: The Disintegration of Legal Authority -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.