Protection of Confidentiality in the Courts: The Professions

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This paper focuses on the distribution of privileged communication statutes in the United States, both across professions and across geographical regions of the country. Even though no statistically significant covariations could be discovered, this topic is deemed worthy of sociological attention, and several interesting findings are elaborated. It is noted, for instance, that prestige rankings are not a totally adequate predictor of those professionals who can protect the confidences of clients or patients in the courts. Two important questions that remain are whether laymen take a sufficient interest in the lack of privileged communication statutes to bring pressure to bear on legislators, and how important the lobbying activities of professional associations may be in influencing the prevalence of these statutes.

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