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Showing 1 to 20 of 135 for “"lawyer"”.
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Advising States: The Government Lawyer in International Law
This thesis examines what advising the state entails in the context of international law, through a close analysis of the role of the government legal adviser. It responds to the prevalent representations of the advisory function offered by Anglo-American practitioners, with modes of knowledge …
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Impact of Lawyer Sex, and Lawyer and Defendant Use of Polite Language on Observer’s Perception of the Lawyer’s Job Performance and Credibility, and Verdict Outcome
… the current study examines how: the sex of a lawyer, the lawyer’s politeness level, and the politeness level of the defendant the lawyer is examining, all work together to affect observer’s views of the lawyer’s credibility, job performance, and verdict outcomes. In general, results indicated …
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Doing justice?: towards a new understanding of the lawyer-client relationship
… different approaches to the interactions between lawyers and their clients. Many of the understandings generated in that endeavour will now be explored in greater depth as this thesis seeks to build upon and refine some of the issues that have preoccupied commentators from many academic …
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Law Firm Mergers Among Canadian Law Firms: The Effect on Lawyer Retention
… the general effect of law firm mergers on lawyer retention is unknown. The aim of this research is to collect the data necessary to analyze whether law firm mergers had any impact on lawyer retention at merged law firms. Using a 20-year sample of data collected specifically for this …
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Creating Political Leaders: Lawyer Stories About Transitioning into Political Office in Canada
… little is known about the transition. Globally, lawyers are the most represented professional group inpolitics, therefore, a study of their transition acts as a good starting point in understanding the process. This study used the Nicholson Transition Cycle (NTC) to explore the transition of 65 …
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Filmmaker, Lawyer, Indian Chief: The Negotiation of Identity in an Indigenous Film Festival
<p>Since colonial contact, indigenous peoples have been predominantly represented by community outsiders. As a result, native peoples have rarely had a primary, or even collaborative role, in the production of these representations. However, in the last two decades, there has been an unprecedented …
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Accessibility of Legal Services in the United States: Lawyer Regulation by Whom, to What End?
… best left to those who actually care, like lawyers themselves. That is what has happened in the United States—the regulation of legal services has been left to a small number of lawyers who make decisions for the entire country about how legal services can—and, especially, cannot—be …
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Portrait of a Prairie Lawyer: Clifton H. Moore, 1851-1861 and 1870-1880. A Comparative Study
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Investigating lawyer-interpreter working relations and their impact on the effectiveness of interpreted legal interviews in Australia
Lawyer-client interviews constitute an important stage in the legal process. However, largely due to their private nature, limited studies have been conducted to investigate this particular legal setting. Even less is revealed as to how they are conducted in a multilingual context where an …
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Optimal Contracts for Legal Services
… in the presence of asymmetric information. The lawyer-client relationship examined is an application of the general principal-agent problem. The agent (lawyer) takes an action that, together with the realization of a random variable (merit), determines the outcome of the case (settlement value). …
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Impact of arbitrators’ background on efficiency in international commercial arbitration
… study shows that increased appointments of non-lawyer arbitrators with expertise in the subject matter of the dispute is likely to increase the efficiency in international commercial arbitration, especially in terms of disputes that involve complex issues of non-legal nature. With the required …
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Resting the Case: A Grounded Theory Exploration of the Phenomenon of Rest Neglect in Practicing Lawyers
… pervasive issue of rest neglect among practicing lawyers, a phenomenon that contributes to the well-documented wellbeing crisis in the legal profession. Employing constructivist grounded theory methodology, the research is comprised of a dual-phase literature review and in-depth interviews with …
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Attorney advertising: The effect on juror perceptions and verdicts
… that although respondents generally do not like lawyer television advertising, it does not affect their trial verdicts unless jurors are actually confronted with a plaintiff's lawyer who advertises on television; then, jurors tend to vote for the defense. There is strong sentiment that the law …
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Three essays in applied microeconomics
… examines how a client would contract with her lawyer to provide best incentive to the lawyer and maximize her return from litigation. By providing different contingent shares based on settlement and judgment, she is able to provide better incentive without diluting her return from litigation. …
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From Confederate Deserter to Decorated Veteran Bible Scholar: Exploring the Enigmatic Life of C.I. Scofield 1861-1921.
… as a decorated Confederate veteran, a successful lawyer, and a Bible scholar who was providentially destined to edit his 1909 dispensational opus, <em>The Scofield Reference Bible</em>. This thesis offers a multilayered image of Dr. Scofield's life by considering political and regional influences, …
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How Will I Know? An Epistemology of Lawyering
… or even after seeking the counsel of a lawyer? Hopefully, the answer to these questions has something to do with the truth. Legal systems claim to have truth-seeking functions. Lawyers have specific roles in the procedures by which legal systems seek the truth and these roles are …
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"The Pact" (formerly known as "Field of Knives") and accompanying critical analysis
… years, that charts the journey of two women: a lawyer and a teenage girl. As the lawyer persuades the girl to be a witness for the defence at her brother’s murder trial, she not only discovers the motives behind the sibling murder but also has to confront her own dark secret. This critical …
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Legal Malpractice and the Disappointed Beneficiary under English and German Law
… due to legal malpractice of the will-preparing lawyer. There are several difficult problems contained in these cases. The problems shall be examined by comparing the solutions for these cases under English and under German law. - As will be seen below, policy-considerations form the core of the …
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