Legal services regulation at the crossroads : Justitia's legions / Noel Semple, assistant professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Canada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semple, Noel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal services--North America.

Legal services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book seeks to illuminate the policy choices involved in legal services regulation as well as the important consequences of those choices. Regulation can protect the interests of clients and the public, and reinforce the rule of law. On the other hand, legal services regulation can also undermine access to justice and suppress innovation, while failing to accomplish any of its lofty ambitions. The book seeks a path forward to increasing regulation's benefits and reducing its burdens for clients and for the public. It proposes a

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; PART I Regulation in the common law world; 1. Introduction; 2. Legal services regulation in the common law world; 3. Four policy choices for legal services regulation; 4. Tradition and reform in legal services regulation; PART II Does professionalist-independent regulation have a future?; 5. Regulatory failure; 6. Access to justice; PART III The case for professionalist-independent regulation; 7. Professionalism; 8. Independence; PART IV A path forward; 9. Client-centricity in legal services regulation

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78471-166-7