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20 Int'l J. Legal Prof. 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/injlepro20 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, 2013 Routledge Vol. 20, No. 1, 1-2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2013.858852 I1 ty1. - Editorial AVROM SHERR This issue contains articles from Australia, Belgium, Portugal and the UK. Benedict Sheehy's article shines light on the Australian reforms which enabled law practices to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. He considers the conflicting norms of pro- fessional practice, corporate law and public listing and evaluates these changes in terms of the profession, economics and administration of justice. Sheehy suggests that these changes represent the institutionalisation of a slow shift of the normative foundation from a public good towards private economics and finance. The reforms appear not to have worked as anticipated. Rather than benefitting the majority of consumers of legal services they have benefitted the large multinational corporations, and rather than an incorporation of the large top tier commercial firms, the two practices which were incorporated and listed have not had a commercial focus. Olivia Rundle looks at lawyers' perspectives of court connected mediation. What Lawyers perceive as their objectives in such mediation would be important to under- stand and to compare with what client or consumer objectives might be. Rundle finds that in Tasmania, as elsewhere, lawyers working in court connected mediation privi- lege legal principles and the opportunity for settlement. However, where non-legal satisfaction-related needs were met many lawyers also viewed those outcomes as par- ticularly positive. Steven Gibens attempts to broaden concepts of legal aid by reference back to a notion of 'social action' which was part of the original 'legal aid movement'. Gibens presents a Belgian view of legal aid in which social workers and lawyers might work together and in which each discipline should mutually influence one another. Gibens' distinguishes between a welfare model and a judicare model for legal aid and suggests an overarching holistic approach which would involve more of a critical reflective attitude from legal aid lawyers. The Work in Progress section considers both prosecution and defence. Joao Paulo Dias explains the peculiar position of public prosecutors in Portugal. Portuguese prosecutors may act in civil cases as a party, defending the rights of power- less citizens and leading them through the judicial process. Dias explains how, although such powers offer great potential for fairness and justice, at the same time they can lead to dangerous professional controversies. 0 2013 Taylor & Francis

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