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Nuno Garoupa

Nuno Garoupa is a professor of law and the faculty director of graduate studies at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, where he was also the former associate dean for research and faculty development.

Previously, he taught at Texas A&M University School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He also served as president of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos in Lisbon, Portugal, and is the current president of the European Association of Law and Economics (2014-2016).

Garoupa received his DPhil in economics from the University of York in the United Kingdom, and also holds an LLM from the University of London (UK) and an MA in political science from George Mason University.

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Nuno Garoupa on Reforming Legal Professions In East Asia

Nuno Garoupa Sep 20, 2011

The traditional narrative is that Asian jurisdictions have fewer lawyers than in the West because they are much less litigious societies; they don’t need lawyers! Recent evidence has suggested the causation is probably reversed; there are not enough lawyers to provide services to all potential litigants. Legal markets in East Asia were largely kept closed ... Nuno Garoupa on Reforming Legal Professions In East Asia

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Nuno Garoupa on Reforming Legal Professions in Europe

Nuno Garoupa Sep 20, 2011

The European Commission, in particular the Directorate-General for Competition, has shown interest in promoting competition in the market for legal services since the early 2000s. Some countries such as the United Kingdom have taken this matter seriously. After a long review process, the British government has recently implemented a new regulatory set-up for legal services ... Nuno Garoupa on Reforming Legal Professions in Europe

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