Trials of trustworthiness between Ethiopian lawyers and Chinese clients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2290907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Driessen (0000-0003-0678-3643, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 274-289 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/plar.12509 |
| OpenAlex | W4310546014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 34 |
Legal representation requires trust. How is trust given and gained in lawyer-client relations that are tainted by mistrust? In this article I examine interactions between Ethiopian lawyers and their Chinese clients to show how both parties mitigate mistrust to enable productive legal representation across radical difference. This process not only involves patience and persistence but also prompts clients to put trust on trial. First, they do so by closely monitoring their lawyers or testing them through choreographed situations of trusting in which the stakes are low or the transfer of trust carefully controlled. Second, by cultivating loyalty and proximity they attempt to further enhance the predictability of the other's future actions to ensure the desired outcome of trust
Business · Economics · Express trust · Law and economics · Loyalty · Microeconomics · Outcome (game theory · Patience · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Representation (politics · Sociology · Trustworthiness · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Computer Science · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |