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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821081403321

Autore

Snyder Laura

Titolo

Democratizing legal services : obstacles and opportunities / / Laura Snyder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2981-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages)

Disciplina

347

Soggetti

Legal services

Legal assistance to the poor

Practice of law

Lawyers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Alternative structures will undermine professionalism and ethics -- There is no way to regulate alternative structures -- The adoption of alternative structures will jeopardize self-regulation of the profession -- There is no demonstrated need, demand, or problem -- New delivery models can be developed without changing Rule 5.4 -- The payment of salary is adequate compensation for nonlawyers -- No one in their right mind would want to invest in a law firm -- Alternative structures will lead to a consolidated market controlled by large law firms -- Alternative structures cannot help those who canot pay for legal services -- Alternative structures will make things harder for un- and underemployed lawyers -- The burden of proof has not been met -- Opportunities for legal aid -- Opportunities for downstream markets and the economy as a whole -- Opportunities for lawyers -- Opportunities for in-house legal departments in the private and public sectors -- Opportunities for an improved regulatory approach -- Opportunities for failure -- Unacknowledged complexity -- Access to justice comes in all shapes and sizes, sometimes obvious and sometimes not -- Unmet need as human rights crisis -- Abdication of regulatory power -- International obligations and commitments --



Endless objections and calls for evidence and the lawyer monopoly on legal services (or, having your cake and eating it, too) -- Good governance requires....actual governance -- Letting the old lady scream.