Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Legal Profession Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law and Economics

Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Legal Profession

Will The Law Society Of Alberta Celebrate Its Bicentenary?, Harry W. Arthurs Jan 2008

Will The Law Society Of Alberta Celebrate Its Bicentenary?, Harry W. Arthurs

Articles & Book Chapters

External changes - in demography and economy, in the domestic and global organization of power - are transforming the knowledge base of Canada's legal profession, the relations amongst lawyers and between lawyers and their "relevant others, " and indeed the very notion oflegal professionalism. This article explores the implication of these changes for the future of the profession 's governing bodies.


The Economic Structure Of The Firm, Robert Flannigan Jan 1995

The Economic Structure Of The Firm, Robert Flannigan

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Considerable effort has been channelled into theoretical investigations of the structure of the firm over the past several years. Most of the new work has been produced by economists. Lawyers have been content simply to draw upon the economic arguments, often in an uncritical way. The author examines the various economic models and identifies their shared dependence on the significance of an actors' control over the employment of assets. The control proposition is then further developed in the course of the construction of a general model focussing on the production unit.