1st Edition
Contingent Fees for Legal Services Professional Economics and Responsibilities
By F.B. MacKinnon
Copyright 1964
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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The practice of contingent fees - taking a percentage share of the money recovered for damage or injury - began among lawyers as a method of providing legal services for those unable to afford counsel. It is now the dominant method of financing litigation for both rich and poor. F. B. MacKinnon, in this book, examines the ethical and economic questions within the legal profession or ethical theory... Read more
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
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F.B. MacKinnon
