Advance Praise For Practicing Law In The Sharing Economy

• Author: Janelle Orsi
• Profession: Is the Director of the national nonprofit Sustainable Economies Law Center, and she is a 'sharing lawyer' in private law practice in Oakland, CA
• Pages: 1-3

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR

PRACTICING LAW IN THE

SHARING ECONOMY

“A unique and indispensable handbook for anyone working in the field

of alternative ownership design. We’ve long needed this book, and at

last it’s here.”

—Marjorie Kelly, fellow, Tellus Institute, and Director of

Ownership Strategy, Cutting Edge Capital; author of

Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution

“As Orsi notes in this invaluable book, lawyers often ‘work for firms

that grease the wheels of the very economic system that is causing the

wi de sp re ad ec olo g ica l an d s oc ia l d is tr es s. ’ Bu t t h is do es not ha ve to be th e

case!In Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy, she and her contributing

co-authors provide an impressive roadmap to a ra nge of innovative legal

forms that can help communities build wealth and create the building

blocks of a new economy.”

—Gar A lperovitz, author ofAmerica BeyondCapitalism, and Lionel R.

Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland

“What William Blackstone did for the common law in the 18th

century, Janelle Orsi has done for Sharing Economy Law in the 21st.

This monumental treatise defines, legitimates, and elaborates the key

legal challenges facing U.S. new economy advocates, and in terms that

even non-lawyers can understand and deploy in their day-to-day work.

Whatever yourangle—cooperatives, cohousing, alternative currencies,

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