Housekeeping issues......the way that offers the best result for the legal profession....

Actuary "Ezekial 25:17 - The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequites of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he that shepherds the weak from the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers, and you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."


July 20, 2007

“Do Judges Systematically Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession?”

Finally (via Lattman), some legal scholarship that promises potent explanatory and predictive value, in the form of a forthcoming Alabama Law Review article by University of Tennessee lawprof Benjamin Barton:

Here is my lawyer-judge hypothesis in a nutshell: many legal outcomes can be explained, and future cases predicted, by asking a very simple question: is there a plausible legal result in this case that will significantly affect the interests of the legal profession (positively or negatively)? If so, the case will be decided in the way that offers the best result for the legal profession....

For example, why are lawyers the only American profession to be truly and completely self-regulated? ...

Why is it that the attorney-client privilege is the oldest and most jealously protected of all the professional privileges?...

Why is the Miranda right to consult with an attorney protected so much more fervently than the right to remain silent?...

Lastly, why is a legal malpractice case so much harder to make out than a medical malpractice case?...

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Actuary "Ezekial 25:17 - The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequites of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he that shepherds the weak from the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers, and you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."