The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107004756 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fundamentally, it occurs because - regardless of political affiliation, race, or gender - every American judge shares a single characteristic: a career as a lawyer. 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. This shared background results in the lawyer-judge bias. The book closes with a case study of the Enron fiasco, an argument that the lawyer-judge bias has contributed to the overweening complexity of American law, and suggests some possible solutions.. Virtually all American judges are former lawyers. There are many reasons for this bias, some obvious and some subtle. The book begins with a theoretical explanation of why judges naturally favor the interests of the legal profession and follows with case law examples from diverse areas, including legal ethics, criminal procedure, constitutional law, torts, evidence, and the business of law
About the Author Benjamin Barton is the Director of Clinical Programs and a Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is the winner of the 2010 LSAC Philip D. 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. Shelton Award for outstanding research in legal education. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence. Barton has been named the Outstanding Faculty Advisor for UT Pro Bono twice and has received the Marilyn V.
Benjamin Barton is the Director of Clinical Programs and a Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is the winner of the 2010 LSAC Philip D. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence. Shelton Award for outstanding research in legal education. Barton has been named the Ou
"Affording Lawyers and the Books They Write" according to Walter. B. Mead. I found this Affording Lawyers and the Books They Write I found this 312-page book to be well worth the read, but clearly not well worth the price of $90, at least for this layman, a retired professor in constitutional law. Ronald Clark provides an excellent review of this book. But while he observes that its style is accessible to the non-lawyer, he fails to mention that its price is hardly affordable to the non-lawyer. The author, Benjamin Barton, has focused on a neglected area of American legal practice, namely, the lawyer-judge bias. Perhaps his next book should take up an equally neglected subject, namely, the lawy. 12-page book to be well worth the read, but clearly not well worth the price of $90, at least for this layman, a retired professor in constitutional law. Ronald Clark provides an excellent review of this book. But while he observes that its style is accessible to the non-lawyer, he fails to mention that its price is hardly affordable to the non-lawyer. The author, Benjamin Barton, has focused on a neglected area of American legal practice, namely, the lawyer-judge bias. Perhaps his next book should take up an equally neglected subject, namely, the lawy. Are American Lawyers too privileged? Ronald H. Clark I found this book to be much more interesting and substantial than I had anticipated. I think it would be particularly helpful for non-lawyers to read to gain a better understanding of why lawyers are often accused of having too much power within the American system. The book's central thesis is "that lawyer-judges instinctively favor the legal profession in their decisions and actions and that this has powerful and far reaching effects on our country" [p. 2]. To substantiate his thesis, the author, a law professor himself, points to a number of factors, including t. Paul S. said A Must Read. If you care at all about the direction our country has taken over the last 100 years, you will get and read this book.If you cannot understand why so many legal decisions seem to lack basic common sense, you will get and read this book.If you wonder why there are so many lawyer jokes, and why people like to quote from "A Must Read" according to Paul S.. If you care at all about the direction our country has taken over the last 100 years, you will get and read this book.If you cannot understand why so many legal decisions seem to lack basic common sense, you will get and read this book.If you wonder why there are so many lawyer jokes, and why people like to quote from 2 Henry VI, get and read this book, because the privileged place of lawyers in America is laughing matter, and Barton shows whence it arises and how unfair and damaging it is.So get and read this book, the sooner the better, and then start advocating f. Henry VI, get and read this book, because the privileged place of lawyers in America is laughing matter, and Barton shows whence it arises and how unfair and damaging it is.So get and read this book, the sooner the better, and then start advocating f