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Policy makers and static economic models often argue that contingent fees cause lawyers to settle cases sooner than their clients would like, so as to avoid accumulating costs of bargaining. Yet, in a dynamic setting, a willingness to sink costs can be a strategic advantage when seeking to establish the credibility of threats. This paper shows that this can be the case for cost-bearing continge...

In the late nineteenth century, the number of lawyers in the United States rose sharply across the country. The largest contributor to the national increase, however, was the Western region. States in the West had significantly higher levels of lawyers per capita than other regions. Census Bureau data was used to evaluate two hypotheses. Limited support was found for the hypothesis suggesting t...

This article examines the methodology behind an empirical study investigating the ‘real life’ role of criminal defence lawyers and their approach to ethical conflict resolution. Using a normative conceptual framework entitled the ‘zealous advocate’ model, the study involved interviews with defence practitioners. A central feature of the interviews was a method known as the ‘vignette technique’,...

The system might be worth saving if it provided an outlet for people's desire for vengeance by punishing wrongdoers and giving satisfaction to victims. But in practice, individual wrongdoers are not punished. Either insurance or a large enterprise pays the damage awards, or else the victim doesn't bother to sue because the injurer has no money. And, while plaintiffs' lawyers no doubt gain satis...

Speech given at Session 3: Challenge Facing Resource Development. Our topic is the impact of globalization of resource development, with particular emphasis on trans-boundary ventures. For the purpose of my remarks, she took it as a given that we will see a continuation of the trends of the past decade or so. She focused on what these trends are likely to mean for lawyers who work in the area o...