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Author: Noel Semple
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781784711658
Published In: February 2015
Format: Hardback , 328 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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‘I have been delighted to have been able to observe, and discuss with, Professor Noel Semple the evolution of this outstanding book over the past three years. In my view, there is no comparable treatment of the regulation of legal services in North America that is as comprehensive in its substantive coverage, broadly interdisciplinary in the perspectives it engages, and original in the insights it offers.’
– Extract from foreword by Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Canada

Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book seeks to illuminate the policy choices involved in legal services regulation as well as the important consequences of those choices. Regulation can protect the interests of clients and the public, and reinforce the rule of law. On the other hand, legal services regulation can also undermine access to justice and suppress innovation, while failing to accomplish any of its lofty ambitions. The book seeks a path forward to increasing regulation's benefits and reducing its burdens for clients and for the public. It proposes a client-centric approach to enhance access to justice and service quality, while revitalizing legal professionalism, self-regulation, and independence.

Who should be allowed to provide legal services to others? What characteristics must these services possess? Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book illuminates the policy choices involved in legal services regulation and the important consequences of these choices.

Regulation can protect the interests of clients and the public, and reinforce the rule of law. On the other hand, it can undermine access to justice and suppress innovation, whilst failing to accomplish its lofty ambitions. In this book, Noel Semple offers a pathway towards increasing regulation’s benefits and reducing its burdens. A client-centric approach to legal services regulation can enhance access to justice and service quality, while revitalizing legal professionalism, self-regulation, and independence.

This book is both a comparative study of legal services regulation in the common law world, and an agenda for regulatory reform. Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads will benefit legal scholars with an interest in access to justice, professional responsibility and legal ethics. Practitioners in legal services regulation will find the comprehensive agenda for reform a pragmatic point of reference.

Part I: Regulation in the Common Law World 1: Introduction 2: Legal Services Regulation in the Common Law World 3: Four policy choices for legal services regulation 4 : Tradition and reform in legal services regulation Part II : Does Professionalist-Independent Regulation Have a Future? 5: Regulatory failure 6: Access to justice Part III: The Case for Professionalist-Independent Regulation 7: Professionalism 8: Independence Part IV: A Path Forward 9: Client-centricity in legal services regulation 10: Professionalism and Independence Renewed Index