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The Lawyer-judge Bias in the American Legal System
Benjamin H. Barton
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Description for The Lawyer-judge Bias in the American Legal System
hardcover. Explores the far-reaching effects on American law of bias amongst lawyers and judges towards the legal profession in their decision-making. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: LAS; LB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 54.
Virtually all American judges are former lawyers. This book argues that these lawyer-judges instinctively favor the legal profession in their decisions and that this bias has far-reaching and deleterious effects on American law. There are many reasons for this bias, some obvious and some subtle. Fundamentally, it occurs because - regardless of political affiliation, race, or gender - every American judge shares a single characteristic: a career as a lawyer. This shared background results in the lawyer-judge bias. The book begins with a theoretical explanation of why judges naturally favor the interests of the legal profession and follows with case ... Read more
Virtually all American judges are former lawyers. This book argues that these lawyer-judges instinctively favor the legal profession in their decisions and that this bias has far-reaching and deleterious effects on American law. There are many reasons for this bias, some obvious and some subtle. Fundamentally, it occurs because - regardless of political affiliation, race, or gender - every American judge shares a single characteristic: a career as a lawyer. This shared background results in the lawyer-judge bias. The book begins with a theoretical explanation of why judges naturally favor the interests of the legal profession and follows with case ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107004757
SKU
V9781107004757
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About Benjamin H. Barton
Benjamin Barton is the Director of Clinical Programs and a Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. His articles have been published in the Michigan Law Review, California Law Review, and Empirical Law Review and discussed in Time Magazine, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal law blog, among others. Barton has been named ... Read more
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