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Love, James H. and Stephen, F. H. (1997) Deregulation and professional boundaries: evidence from the English legal profession. Business and Economic History, Volume 26 (Number 2). pp. 792-804. ISSN 0894-6825.
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Abstract
Over the last thirty years there has been a series of initiatives towards
the liberalization and deregulation of professions in the UK. The legal
profession has not been immune from this process, and has been subjected to particular attention since 1984. In this paper we concentrate on one aspect of legal services in England: conveyancing, or the legal transfer of rifle to property.
Although still subjec to professional self-regulation, solicitors have lost an important monopoly position in the provision of conveyancing for reward, and have experienced marked changes in their practice rules with respect to advertising behavior. Reactions to this process of liberalization form the basis
of this paper.
We begin with a discussion of professional self-regulation, and the
problems which economists argue may arise from it. This is followed by a review of the process of deregulation which has occurred since 1970, and how solicitors and other parties have reacted to this. We conclude that many of the intended consequences of deregulation have not been achieved, that this has occurred in part because of a process of accommodation ad blurring which has taken place at the boundary of the legal profession and a new paraprofession, and that further liberalization may be required to achieve the government's (implicit) aim.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Business and Economic History | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0894-6825 | ||||
Official Date: | 1997 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 26 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 792-804 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 43rd Annual Meeting of the Business-History-Conference Held Jointly with the Association-of-Business-Historians | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 04-06 Jul 1997 | ||||
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