Alan Paterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Paterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Paterson |
| SIGNATURE | PATERSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1255-3254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contesting Professionalism
Professions are granted a form of cartel that enables them to charge more than would arise in a free market on the assumption that they provide better quality and are more trustworthy than free-market actors would be. The theoretical assumption that lawyers are more competent than nonlawyers has given rise to significant formal protections for professions in many jurisdictions. Two testable propositions arise from this theory: (1) lawyers cost mo…
Business strategies and the small professional firm
Spatial Aspects of Deregulation in the Market for Legal Services
LOVE J. H., STEPHEN F. H., GILLANDERS D. D. and PATERSON A. A. (1992) Spatial aspects of deregulation in the market for legal services, Reg. Studies 26, 137–147. Since the early 1980s there has been a consistent policy of deregulating the legal profession in the UK. However, there has been little recognition that there are spatially distinct markets for legal services which may vary in their responses to policy initiatives. This paper explores th…
Competition and the Market for Legal Services
Recent scholarship in the sociology of the professions and the legal profession in particular has placed considerable stress on the market in its account of the evolution of professions.' Paradoxically, it may be that these scholars have not taken the metaphor of the market seriously enough. Thus, the market control theorists have been driven by their preconceptions to argue that having lost control of the supply of legal services and in the abse…
The Law Lords
Journal Article The Law Lords. Get access The Law Lords. By Paterson Alan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. Pp. 288. Martin Shapiro Martin Shapiro *Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 32, Issue 4, Autumn 1984, Pages 779–781, https://doi.org/10.2307/840382 Published: 01 October 1984
The Law Lords
Law and Politics
Contesting Professionalism
Professions are granted a form of cartel that enables them to charge more than would arise in a free market on the assumption that they provide better quality and are more trustworthy than free-market actors would be. The theoretical assumption that lawyers are more competent than nonlawyers has given rise to significant formal protections for professions in many jurisdictions. Two testable propositions arise from this theory: (1) lawyers cost mo…
Spatial Aspects of Deregulation in the Market for Legal Services
LOVE J. H., STEPHEN F. H., GILLANDERS D. D. and PATERSON A. A. (1992) Spatial aspects of deregulation in the market for legal services, Reg. Studies 26, 137–147. Since the early 1980s there has been a consistent policy of deregulating the legal profession in the UK. However, there has been little recognition that there are spatially distinct markets for legal services which may vary in their responses to policy initiatives. This paper explores th…
Law and Politics
The Law Lords
The Law Lords
Journal Article The Law Lords. Get access The Law Lords. By Paterson Alan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. Pp. 288. Martin Shapiro Martin Shapiro *Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 32, Issue 4, Autumn 1984, Pages 779–781, https://doi.org/10.2307/840382 Published: 01 October 1984
Competition and the Market for Legal Services
Recent scholarship in the sociology of the professions and the legal profession in particular has placed considerable stress on the market in its account of the evolution of professions.' Paradoxically, it may be that these scholars have not taken the metaphor of the market seriously enough. Thus, the market control theorists have been driven by their preconceptions to argue that having lost control of the supply of legal services and in the abse…
Spatial Aspects of Deregulation in the Market for Legal Services
LOVE J. H., STEPHEN F. H., GILLANDERS D. D. and PATERSON A. A. (1992) Spatial aspects of deregulation in the market for legal services, Reg. Studies 26, 137–147. Since the early 1980s there has been a consistent policy of deregulating the legal profession in the UK. However, there has been little recognition that there are spatially distinct markets for legal services which may vary in their responses to policy initiatives. This paper explores th…
Business strategies and the small professional firm
Contesting Professionalism
Professions are granted a form of cartel that enables them to charge more than would arise in a free market on the assumption that they provide better quality and are more trustworthy than free-market actors would be. The theoretical assumption that lawyers are more competent than nonlawyers has given rise to significant formal protections for professions in many jurisdictions. Two testable propositions arise from this theory: (1) lawyers cost mo…
Law (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation (3 works) · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (2 works) · Deregulation (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works)