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Deregulacja zawodów prawniczych i jej wpływ na konkurencję na rynku usług prawniczych
The deregulation of legal professions and its influence on the competition on legal services market

Author(s): Krystyna Nizioł
Subject(s): Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: deregulation; liberal professions; competition; competition law

Summary/Abstract: Competition is an important part of the market, also the legal services market. Legal professions such as advocate, solicitor and notary are liberal professions. The aims of the deregulation have an economic background. Closing the access to these professions may cause such negative economic consequences as the increase rate of unemployment, or cost of state’s functioning. Moreover, the prices of legal services can rise and the quality if it can decline at the same time, which would affect the competition in a negative way. Therefore, the aim of the paper it to analyze if there are connections between the deregulation of legal professions and the competition on legal services market in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 23 (3)
  • Page Range: 163-180
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish