Talk: Lawyer
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By removing Greg Palast from the lawyer article you are destroying the wiki's credibility and leaving the number of lawyers in the US as a figure for which we list no source. Although I agree that Palast is not the ideal source for this figure, he is better than no source at all. Susan Mason
- Oh yeah, that is the only piece of information on Wikipedia that is now not attributed to an outside source. Salsa Shark 06:49 Mar 19, 2003 (UTC)
The fact that the wiki is largely unsubstantied is no reason to purge it of what little references there are. Susan Mason
- I tend to agree with Susan on this one, oddly enough. The fact that few articles have attributed tidbits does not mean this particular one should not. A better goal would be to get information from a more credible source, and cite that. -- cprompt
Oddly enough, I continue to agree with myself despite Cprompt's assertation of his viewpoint. The Greg Palast article should be removed only after we have obtained a more official statement. Susan Mason
I put a little bit in on the current problems the legal profession is facing. Specifically how the legal profession's reputation has taken a hit in recent times. Such as the acts of Ambulance chaser sand the health care crisis. I know there are many good and hardworking attorneys out there who only want to protect the legal rights of others. But there are others out there who are only in it for the money, and love getting their hands of large cash settlements, which they take a large part of. I think in the interests of NPOV, we need to devote part of the article to current issues facing us.
JesseG 04:11, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)
- I re-wrote this section somewhat to make it clear and also to try to minimise some generalisations. The consequences of ambulance chasers may not be as readily identified as you suggested. --195.166.17.214 09:54, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Section about Lawyers in the US
Specifically, the paragraph that deals with lawyers/capita in the us
Could an argument be made also that the presence of a Common Law system almost mandates a larger legal sector as most law is judge-made and thus subject to interpretation? Contrasted with the civil law system, where laws are more codified and thus the size of the legal profession managing these laws isn't as great, this could account for the greater proportions of lawyers in a Common law nation. Additionally, since the US is a common law system with the largest number of internal political divisions (i.e. 50 states) and a federalist system of government, it would seem that a larger legal profession would be almost a foregone conclusion.
do you think this argument is something that should be added?
what happened to the poland section now we have no representation of civil law countries in this article. Paladine
- It was still there. Anon removed Wiki markup, thus section from TOC disappeared, but data was still there. Reverted. Przepla 19:11, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
