SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Social Change, Product Liability
27 Jan 2016
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Canada is a very rule bound society. No fewer than 40 000 federal and provincial statutes and a vast array of municipal bylaws are in force. Turning to litigation in canada has been accelerated by the advent of the charter. May be defined as the propensity (preference) to settle disputes through the formal judicial process. America is said to be a very litigious society great propensity to use the courts rather than settle conflict through other means. Considered one of the three archetypical learned professions the clergy and. The legal profession medicine are the other two. What is a profession: specialized techniques supported by a body of theory, a career supported by an association of colleagues, status supported by community recognition. High-degree of authority in the execution of one"s day-to-day functions/decisions. According to research, the more lawyers there are, the greater the quantity of litigation. Implies that there are economic incentives for lawyers to suggest a legal intervention.
