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The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System (Paperback)
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The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System (Paperback)
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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 law examples from diverse areas, including legal ethics,
criminal procedure, constitutional law, torts, evidence, and the
business of law. 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.
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