F B MacKinnon

Contingent Fees for Legal Services

Professional Economics and Responsibilities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781138521179
• ISBN-10: 1138521175
• Artikelnr.: 69946688

Autorenporträt

F.B. MacKinnon

Inhaltsangabe

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