Chapter Five. The Public Interest Law Firm: A Behavioral Analysis

1978 ◽  
pp. 80-101
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Behavioral Analysis ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law

Antitrust as Public Interest Law: Redistribution, Equity, and Social Justice

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Dina I. Waked
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Competition Policy ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Consumer Welfare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law ◽  
Antitrust Laws ◽  
History Of ◽  
Do So

This article proposes the use of antitrust law to reduce poverty and address inequality. It argues that the antitrust laws are sufficiently malleable to achieve such goals. The current focus of antitrust on the efficiency-only goals does not only lead to increasing inequality further but is also inconsistent with the history of antitrust. This history is presented through the lens of the public interest that emerges into the balance between private property and competition policy. Tracing the public interest at different historical moments, we get to see how it has been broad enough to encompass social welfare concerns. Over time, the public interest concern of antitrust was narrowed to exclusively cover consumer welfare and its allocative efficiency. Once we frame antitrust as public interest law, in its broadest sense, we are empowered to use it to address inequality. A proposal to do so is exposed in this article.

scholarly journals Power to the People or the Profession? The Public Interest in Public Interest Law

1970 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar S. Cahn ◽  
Jean Camper Cahn
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law ◽  
The People

scholarly journals SEPARATE ISSUES OF PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST

2020 ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Владимир Михайлович Андрианов
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
International Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law ◽  
National Legal System ◽  
Legal Costs ◽  
To Receive

Актуальность исследования обусловлена активизацией на международном уровне деятельности, связанной с защитой коллективных и групповых интересов, о чем свидетельствует целый ряд принятых международных актов. Указанное обстоятельство обусловливает необходимость введения соответствующих механизмов в национальную правовую систему. В статье предпринята попытка обратить внимание на особенности предоставления правовой помощи при защите общественного интереса, опираясь на зарубежный опыт. С учетом анализа научной литературы автор делает вывод, что на доктринальном уровне сформировалось два подхода к пониманию правовой категории «право общественного интереса»: широкий и узкий. Также указывается на необходимость решить ряд вопросов практического характера: определить субъектов, уполномоченных на ее предоставление, включая формы подтверждения их полномочий, а также лиц, имеющих право на ее получение и урегулировать особенности несения судебных расходов. The relevance of the study is due to the activation at the international level of activities related to the protection of collective and group interests, as evidenced by a number of adopted international acts. This circumstance necessitates the introduction of appropriate mechanisms into the national legal system. The article attempts to draw attention to the specifics of providing legal assistance in protecting public interest, based on foreign experience. Taking into account the analysis of scientific literature, the author concludes that at the doctrinal level, two approaches to understanding the legal category of «public interest law» have been formed: broad and narrow. It also points to the need to resolve a number of practical issues: to determine the entities authorized to provide it, including the forms of confirmation of their powers, as well as persons entitled to receive it and to settle the peculiarities of incurring legal costs.

Public Interest Law and the Public Interest Lawyer

2021 ◽  
pp. 166-184
Author(s):  
Lee Epstein ◽  
Tracey E. George ◽  
Joseph F. Kobylka
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law

scholarly journals KEABSAHAN PERATURAN DAERAH DALAM RANGKA PENYELENGGARAAN OTONOMI DAERAH

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhmad Nikhrawi Hamdie
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Central Government ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law ◽  
Regional Authority ◽  
Laws And Regulations

The existence of regional authority to make regional regulations for their own region based on the principle of regional autonomy does not mean that the regional government is sovereign, because supervision and supreme power still remain in the hands of the central government. According to Law Number 32 Year 2004 regarding Regional Government there are two signs that should not be violated by regional regulations, namely: (a) contrary to public interest, and / or (b) contrary to higher laws and regulations. Regarding the criterion is against the public interest, Law Number 32 Year 2004 does not regulate it clearly and specifically. However, Article 4 Paragraph (4) of Kepmendagri Number 41 Year 2001 concerning Technique of Represive Control of Regional Policies which is actually a regulation of the implementation of Law Number 22 Year 1999, declared the general interest as meant in Article 4 paragraph (3) letter a, Or customs prevailing in an area, such as religious norms, customs, culture, and morals, as well as things that burden the public and incur high economic costs. Meanwhile, the higher laws and regulations as referred to in Article 4 paragraph (3) b, covering the 1945 Constitution, MPR Decrees, Laws, Government Regulations, Presidential Decrees, and Ministerial Decrees.

When All Is Said and Done

2019 ◽  
pp. 243-274
Author(s):  
Daniel Beunza
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Financial Reform ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Left Wall ◽  
Public Interest Law

This chapter revisits the protagonists of this study's fieldwork at International Securities in 2015: Todd, Max, and Bob, seven years after the crisis. By that time, Todd had left Wall Street, Max was closing a hedge fund he had recently founded, and Bob was running a conservative public-interest law firm. The author's meeting with Todd underscored the scarcity of committed and competent top management on Wall Street. Conversations with Max revealed his nostalgia for the investment banking partnerships of the early 1980s, as well as the advantages of Bob's management approach, which sought to replicate elements of the partnerships. Finally, the meetings with Bob spoke to the current debate on financial reform, revealing the presence of a feedback loop that connects bank size, economic models, and moral disengagement. In light of this loop, Bob advocated the breakup of Wall Street banks.

Public Interest Law and the Public Interest Lawyer

2021 ◽  
pp. 166-184
Author(s):  
Lee Epstein ◽  
Tracey E. George ◽  
Joseph F. Kobylka
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Interest Law
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