If so, what efffect has this got?
And why are so many Americans I meet studying to become lawyers?
2007-04-25 13:00:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Depends how you look at it.
If you take Steve B's 'Capitalist' view, then, obviously not. People are able to make money in the career.
If you take my view that Capitalism can be a flawed, imperfect system then (albeit not living in the USA) I'd say there probably are too many for the good of society - i.e. they promote the needlessly litigious society that Carrie S refers to. Just because you can make money out of something doesn't make it good or right.
2007-04-25 22:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Tufty Porcupine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA operates something known as 'Capitalism' (look it up = plainly you have never heard of the concept).
In a Capitalist system the citizens are free to choose their own profession.
If too many choose the same profession, competition amongst them will reduce the prices they can charge.
Currently in USA, Lawyers are able to command excessive fees - so rather than an excess, this suggests a shortage !!!
(Its like houses in UK - house prices rise because there is a shortage of houses and the Government conspires to maintain that shortage via the planning system).
2007-04-26 02:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are there an excess of lawyers?
No, because US is a litigious nation and will sue anyone they can rather than work things out through talking.
Lawyers get paid a lot of money so it is a good career which is why a lot of people are studying it.
2007-04-26 02:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes probably.
The long term effects will be a lot of lawyers out of work.
I think current day Americans studying probably have $ signs in front of their eyes.
2007-04-25 20:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Law is the closest relation to chicanery and chicanery is the closest relation to ill gotten gain...draw your own conclusions!!
2007-04-25 20:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Regards
2007-04-27 07:25:48 · answer #6 · answered by Abhinav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋