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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Gillian K Hadfield

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Empirical Studies of Legal System

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Higher Demand, Lower Supply? A Comparative Assessment Of The Legal Landscape For Ordinary Americans, Gillian K. Hadfield Dec 2009

Higher Demand, Lower Supply? A Comparative Assessment Of The Legal Landscape For Ordinary Americans, Gillian K. Hadfield

Gillian K Hadfield

In this paper I review the small amount of available data on the extent to which ordinary individuals in the U.S. have access to legal resources to navigate the law-thick world that Robert Kagan has famously called ‘adversarial legalism—the American way of law.’ I present this data in comparative context, relating what (little) we know about the availability of law in the U.S. to what (little) we know about the availability of law in other advanced societies and in countries transitioning to legally-mediated market democracy. I review first a set of ‘legal needs’ surveys that ask households about their experiences …


Judging Science: An Essay On The Unscientific Basis Of Beliefs About The Impact Of Law On Science And The Need For Better Data About Law, Gillian K. Hadfield Aug 2006

Judging Science: An Essay On The Unscientific Basis Of Beliefs About The Impact Of Law On Science And The Need For Better Data About Law, Gillian K. Hadfield

Gillian K Hadfield

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