Perspective
Apr. 9, 2013
Fewer lawyers per capita in French system
It is reasonable to suppose that Americans can learn from the French example (or from other comparative law examples), and could adopt specific measures where appropriate. By J. Robert Renner
Since the time of the American and French Revolutions, there has been a significant and consequential sharing of ideas between the U.S. and France. In the entrance hall of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, one finds busts of Voltaire and Turgot; versions of the Statute of Liberty can be found both in New York and Paris (the replica on the ile aux Cygnes); and the popular appeal of Benjamin Franklin while serving as American minister to...
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