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| Philippe Delacote and Lydie Ancelot |
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| ''Prosecutor and lawyers in plea bargaining with complete information'' |
| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.3 ) |
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| In criminal law, when a conflict is solved by plea bargaining, the negotiation is mainly made between the prosecutor and the lawyer. Adopting a complete information framework about his type (selfish or altruistic), this paper compares two lawyer payment systems: flat fees and hourly-wage fees. We identify the system of fees in which the sentence is the lowest. We first show that under flat fees the prosecutor provides less effort when he faces an altruistic lawyer. Second, we show that under some conditions an altruistic lawyer may accept a higher sentence than a selfish lawyer. |
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| Keywords: plea bargaining, lawyer's selfishness, system of fees |
JEL: K1 - Basic Areas of Law: General (Constitutional Law)
K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Mar 16 2009 | | Manuscript Accepted : Aug 13 2009 |
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