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Part 5, Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship: What Accounts For Too Much of the Wrong Type of Scholarship
Part 5 Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship: What Accounts for Too Much of the Wrong Type
of Scholarship?
A perfect
academic storm has created this trouble state. Each facet is a necessary part.
They are 1) the self-interest of administrators and professors, 2) the goals of
law schools and law professors, 3)…
Part 6: Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship: The Research Impact Statement
Is There a Way Out
of Here? The Research Impact Statement
The short answer is that without of a
complete restructuring of legal education along the lines discussed above, I
doubt it. This is especially true since
law schools and law professors seem resistant to anything that smacks of cost
benefit analysis and the…
Part 4: Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship? Justifications for Legal Scholarship
Part 4: Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship? Justifications for
Legal Scholarship
There are many arguments in response
to the position that there is too much legal scholarship. As noted above, one of those justifications is
based on the public good character of legal scholarship. That argument falls
short for the reasons discussed above.…
Part 3: Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship: The Costs and Qualities of Legal Research
Part 3: Is There Too Much Legal Scholarship: The Costs and Qualities of Legal Research
Before examining arguments in support of legal research at current
levels, it is important to be specific about what is being defended both in terms
of costs and quality.
1. The Cost of Legal
Scholarship
Legal research is…
Part 2: Is There Too Much Legal “Scholarship”?: A Quasi Economic Perspective The Author and the Audience: Supply, Demand, and Public Goods
Part 2: Is There Too Much Legal “Scholarship”?:
A Quasi Economic Perspective The Author and the Audience: Supply, Demand,
and Public Goods
One methodology for determining whether too much or too little is
produced is to rely on supply and demand. For a number of reasons, a
traditional economic approach is not appropriate…