How Lawyers’ Intuitions Prolong Litigation

Legal Complexity and Lawyers’ Benefit from Litigation

This paper examines the interest of lawyers as a group in the level of legal complexity, assuming that lawyers prefer the level of legal complexity that maximizes their total income. I focus on aspects of the law that are the same across all cases in a particular legal field, such as the rule determining whether the defendant is liable or guilty, the rules of procedure, and the scope of damages...

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How litigation can promote product safety.

PART 1: PUBLIC HEALTH 551 How Litigation Can Promote Product Safety Jon S. Vernick, Jason W. Sapsin, Stephen P. Teret, and Julie Samia Mair Injuries are an important public health problem in the United States. Litigation against manufacturers or sellers of dangerous products can reduce the risk of future product-related injuries. A framework is presented to describe the mechanism for the succes...

How Lawyers Will Be Examined for Govt Jobs

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Naïve Cartography: How Intuitions about Display Configuration Can Hurt Performance