Advance Praise For Practicing Law In The Sharing Economy

AuthorJanelle Orsi
ProfessionIs the Director of the national nonprofit Sustainable Economies Law Center, and she is a 'sharing lawyer' in private law practice in Oakland, CA
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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 I nstitute, 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 of America Beyond Capitalism, 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 understa nd and deploy in their day-to-day work.
Whatever your angle—cooperatives, cohousing, alternative c urrencies,
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