A Positive Theory of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine

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Ronald J. Allen

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Mark F. Grady

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

Daniel D. Polsby

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty

Michael Yashko

Independent

Date Written: March 25, 1990

Abstract

This article proposes a positive theory that explains the confidentiality rules. Our argument is that the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine offer two perspectives of a larger goal of increasing the amount of information about disputes that is available to courts and to work against the disincentives to the production of that information which would otherwise exist.

Keywords: confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, ethics

JEL Classification: K49

Suggested Citation

Allen, Ronald J. and Grady, Mark F. and Polsby, Daniel D. and Yashko, Michael, A Positive Theory of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine (March 25, 1990). Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 19, No. 359, 1990, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2940737

Ronald J. Allen

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Daniel D. Polsby (Contact Author)

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty

Michael Yashko

Independent

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