more laws means more work for lawyers?

Question

do you agree

Answer 1

Of course, and with so many politicians being ex-lawyers is it any wonder that we're being inundated with so many new laws.

Here in the UK we've got a barrister for Prime Minister who's also married to a barrister, there's lawyers (we call them solictiors) and barristers at every level of government. And for some strange reason new laws are being passed at 7 times the rate of any previous government.

Answer 2

Oh, I get it. It's an "I hate lawyers" question. I'm not a lawyer, but the last time I needed one (and it WILL happen to you, if it hasn't yet) I was very grateful for the services provided.

No, more laws don't NECESSARILY mean more work for lawyers. BAD laws that are vague, or are "banner" laws put up to satisfy the "message" of special interest groups, probably require more work for lawyers, because they generate more DISPUTES that require the opinion of judges.

I was grateful for the Voting Rights Act when it was passed, not because I was a target of discrimination, but because I didn't feel comfortable or accepting of the racism that prevailed in many areas (North and South). Did some lawyers get more work out of that? Maybe. But again I'm grateful.

I was grateful, again, recently when the Voting Rights Act was renewed. Amazingly, it did not come easy this time either! Perhaps we as citizens need to remain alert and engaged, and try to "go" for the "good" laws that we can support.

Answer 3

Yes and no.

More laws mean there is more that lawyers need to do in order to be familiar with the laws. So, yes, more work in terms of the effort they need to make on each case.

And yes, more laws mean that disputes and conflicts get more complicated, so there are less things that can be handled by someone without a legal degree.

But most laws don't create more opportunities for lawyers. If you eliminated 90% of the laws on the books right now, there would be just as much need for lawyers and just as much for them to do. What they would do would be different, however.

Eliminating 90% of the laws would cause lawyers to focus more on dispute resolution, rather than procedural battles. But the general skills of advocacy wouldn't change. People would still want and need lawyers to represent them, speak for them, advise them. But the role would be more akin to counseling and public relations, and rely less on arcane legal theories.

So, as a profession, eliminating most of the existing laws would not hurt the practice of law. It would just return it to its roots as a profession of advocacy, rather than a profession of bureaucracy.

Answer 4

There are over 5000 laws on the books just on guns alone. If we keep going on like this, only the bad guys will own guns because they are the bad guys.

I have an idea,just enforce the laws we have now. Plus if you get sued and you win the loser has to pay you lawyers bills

Answer 5

Most politicians are lawyers. So yes they make petty laws to line there own pockets once they get ousted from their gravy job in politics.

Answer 6

yes indeed.

the more regulations the federal government places upon people, and the more complex those regulations get, then more lawyers are needed to help companies and individuals 1) navigate those regulations, and 2) defend themselves against alleged violations.

solution: get the federal government to stop regulating the minutae of everyday life and let us all alone.

Answer 7

why is it that we have the most lawyers yet we also have one of the most robust economies in the world? Perhaps lawyers help us resolve our disputes better than the alternatives.

Answer 8

no, it means more money for lawyers, i can't call what lawyers do "work". they sling bullshit and do a little paper work, so the guilty can walk, and the innocent suffer.

Answer 9

yes