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First thing we do, let's deregulate all the lawyers

Title
First thing we do, let's deregulate all the lawyers / Clifford Winston, Robert W. Crandall, Vikram Maheshri.
Author
Winston, Clifford, 1952-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Crandall, Robert W.
  • Maheshri, Vikram.
Description
vii, 110 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Proposes deregulating entry into the legal profession to open up competition among and improve innovation by lawyers, reduce social costs of high legal fees, and make more efficient use of the nation's labor resources, while lowering legal costs and providing consumers with a wider range of legal services"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Practice of law > Deregulation > United States
  • Practice of law > Economic aspects > United States
  • Lawyers > Fees > United States
  • Legal ethics > Economic aspects > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-106) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The market for lawyers -- Evidence of earnings premiums in the legal profession -- Sources of lawyers' earnings premiums -- Welfare costs -- The case for deregulating entry into the legal profession -- Toward policy reform.
ISBN
  • 9780815721901 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0815721900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011022124
OCLC
  • ocn727511743
  • SCSB-1618088
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library