Clifford Winston on Lawyers
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Is This Really a Good Law?
"So many lawyers are doing things that we don't notice or see," he says. "It's the way we do public policy at the ground level." The legal profession is hired to tell you how it works, but never step back and assess whether a law is good for society in terms of economic efficiency or social welfare,. Lawyer: It's something that I think is an area of concern since really we're talking broadly about public policy.
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