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Consolidated VIEs - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments	$ 787,139	$ 1,007,339
Lazard Fund Interests [Member] | Lazard Group LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments	$ 138,741	$ 140,371

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all investments.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(h))
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