Download This PaperThe Lawyer-Rent Seeker Myth and Public Policy
53 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2014
Date Written: June 2, 2013
Abstract
Two enduring fallacies in public policy are that lawyers are rent seekers who impair rather than stimulate the economy, and that there are too many of them. While lawyers may disagree with the first premise, they tacitly accept the second. These two fallacies have led leaders in both the political and professional arenas to adopt policies that impair access to justice. This study documents the negative effects of those policies and recommends courses of action to reverse those effects.
JEL Classification: I32, J12, J13, K00, K1, K19, K40
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Schmid, Teresa, The Lawyer-Rent Seeker Myth and Public Policy (June 2, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2462994 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2462994
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