Contingent Fees for Legal Services: Professional Economics and Responsibilities

ISBN-13: 9781138521179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 254 str.

F. B. MacKinnon

Opis

Examines the ethical and economic questions within the legal profession or ethical theory in general. This book describes the historical, professional and economic context within which contingent fees developed. It is suitable for those concerned with reforms of the fee system - lawyers, judges, professors, plaintiffs and defendants.

Spis treści

One: History and Background; 1: Scope and Purpose of This Report; 2: The Historical Background of Fees of American Lawyers; 3: Current American Fee Systems; Two: The Law of Contingent Fees; 4: Limits on the Legal Validity of Contingent Fees; 5: Rights and Obligations of Lawyer and Client Under a Contingent Fee Contract; Three: The Importance of the Contingent Fee as a Method of Financing Legal Services; 6: The Importance of Contingent Fees to Clients, Courts, and Administrative Agencies; 7: The Economic Importance of Contingent Fees to the Legal Profession; 8: Some Alternative Methods of Financing Legal Services; Four: An Evaluation of Contingent Fees; 9: The Fairness of Contingent Fees; 10: The Relationship Between Contingent Fees and Professional Responsibilities; Summary

O autorze

F.B. MacKinnon