No necessary link exists between modern capitalism and American-style lawyering

Evidence

Obviously, lawyers in the United States do things that are not done—​or not done by lawyers—​in Japan. … We can conclude that there is no inevitable, necessary connection between a legal profession of the American type and modern society, or capitalism, or the welfare state, or industrial society. Rather, our profession is at least in part unique or peculiar, shaped to the characteristics of American society. But exactly how, or what these features are, is not at all clear. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1307

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks to the ongoing puzzle of why American society is ‘curiously dependent’ on lawyers; relevant to the course’s institutional angle. — connects to: Capitalism has no necessary correspondence with any particular political or legal form; Economic activity cannot fully explain the scale of the American legal profession — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 999; Capitalism has no necessary correspondence with parliamentary democracy

Broader Connections

• Capitalism has no necessary correspondence with any particular political or legal form #expands (0.92)
• Economic activity cannot fully explain the scale of the American legal profession #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 999
• Capitalism has no necessary correspondence with parliamentary democracy #expands (0.80)