In Search Of The Ethical Lawyer

Author : Adam Dodek,Alice Woolley
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774831017

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What options did Paul Bernardo’s lawyer have when his client directed him to retrieve hidden evidence? Where would David Milgaard be today if a lawyer hadn’t doggedly challenged his murder conviction? And what should a defence lawyer do when told her client is a danger to the public? In this book, leading Canadian legal academics and practising lawyers draw on real-life stories to probe the tension between ethics and the law. Whether re-examining high-profile cases, celebrating barristers who tore down barriers, or pointing out current injustices within the justice system, their stories are compelling and raise important questions about what it takes to be a “good” lawyer.

Author : Adam Dodek,Alice Woolley
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0774831006

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In Search of the Ethical Lawyer by Adam Dodek,Alice Woolley Pdf

What options did Paul Bernardo’s lawyer have when his client directed him to retrieve hidden evidence? Where would David Milgaard be today if a lawyer hadn’t doggedly challenged his murder conviction? And what should a defence lawyer do when told her client is a danger to the public? In this book, leading Canadian legal academics and practising lawyers draw on real-life stories to probe the tension between ethics and the law. Whether re-examining high-profile cases, celebrating barristers who tore down barriers, or pointing out current injustices within the justice system, their stories are compelling and raise important questions about what it takes to be a “good” lawyer.

Author : Alice Woolley,Richard Francis Devlin,Brent Cotter,John M. Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Legal ethics
ISBN : 0433490306

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Lawyers' Ethics and Professional Regulation by Alice Woolley,Richard Francis Devlin,Brent Cotter,John M. Law Pdf

Author : Leslie C. Levin,Lynn Mather
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226475158

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Lawyers in Practice by Leslie C. Levin,Lynn Mather Pdf

How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently, efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers face in legal practice. The first book to present empirical research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration, and divorce law, Lawyers in Practice fills a substantial gap in the existing literature. Following an introduction emphasizing the increasing importance of understanding context in the legal profession, contributions focus on ethical dilemmas ranging from relatively narrow ethical issues to broader problems of professionalism, including the prosecutor’s obligation to disclose evidence, the management of conflicts of interest, and loyalty to clients and the court. Each chapter details the resolution of a dilemma from the practitioner’s point of view that is, in turn, set within a particular community of practice. Timely and practical, this book should be required reading for law students as well as students and scholars of law and society.

Author : Allan C. Hutchinson
Publisher : Essentials of Canadian Law
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552211290

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Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility by Allan C. Hutchinson Pdf

Changes in the way law is practiced, and who practices it, demand a new approach to legal ethics and professional responsibility--one that stresses personal responsibility over professional regulation. Hutchinsons book is an accessible introduction to the topic and a provocative call to arms for the profession. This edition includes analysis of the Canadian Bar Associations 2006 Code of Professional Conduct.

Author : William H. Simon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674043664

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The Practice of Justice by William H. Simon Pdf

Should a lawyer keep a client's secret even when disclosure would exculpate a person wrongly accused of crime? The Practice of Justice is a fresh look at this and other traditional questions about the ethics of lawyering.

Author : David Luban
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0691022909

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Lawyers and Justice by David Luban Pdf

The law, Holmes said, is no brooding omnipresence in the sky. "If that is true," writes David Luban, "it is because we encounter the legal system in the form of flesh-and-blood human beings: the police if we are unlucky, but for the (marginally) luckier majority, the lawyers." For practical purposes, the lawyers are the law. In this comprehensive study of legal ethics, Luban examines the conflict between common morality and the lawyer's "role morality" under the adversary system and how this conflict becomes a social and political problem for a community. Using real examples and drawing extensively on case law, he develops a systematic philosophical treatment of the problem of role morality in legal practice. He then applies the argument to the problem of confidentiality, outlines an affordable system of legal services for the poor, and provides an in-depth philosophical treatment of ethical problems in public interest law.

Author : Jonathan Herring
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Legal ethics
ISBN : 9780198788928

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Legal Ethics by Jonathan Herring Pdf

Who would or should defend a potential murderer in court? How do professions regulate themselves? Is 'no win-no fee' an ethical system? Where is the line in a 'suitable' client-advocate relationship? Jonathan Herring provides a clear and engaging overview of legal ethics, highlighting that the issues surrounding professional conduct are not always black and white and raising interesting questions about how lawyers act and what their role entails. Key topics, such as confidentiality, negligence, and fees are covered, with references throughout to the professional codes of conduct. Features throughout the textbook to aid student learning include the highlighting of key cases, principles, and definitions; the inclusion of a variety of viewpoints through coverage of cases, popular media, and scholarly articles; and use inclusion of 'digging deeper' and 'alternative viewpoint' boxes which encourage critical reflection and better understanding of key theories and topics. The well developed online resource centre includes Podcasts linked to the 'what would you do' chapter features, video debates, relevant updates and web links.

Author : Richard Scragg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Attorney and client
ISBN : 1988553369

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The Ethical Lawyer by Richard Scragg Pdf

The Ethical Lawyer: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility is a guide to ethical conduct and client care which traces the developments in the field of legal ethics and professional responsibility that have occurred in New Zealand over the past 20 years and examines what it means to be an ethical lawyer in New Zealand today.The book also provides a highly readable resource for learning the rules governing professional conduct. Its primary purpose is to (a) focus on the key ethical issues that lawyers encounter on a day-to-day basis in their practices, and (b) give lawyers an easy-to-follo.

Author : David Luban
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691187556

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Lawyers and Justice by David Luban Pdf

The law, Holmes said, is no brooding omnipresence in the sky. "If that is true," writes David Luban, "it is because we encounter the legal system in the form of flesh-and-blood human beings: the police if we are unlucky, but for the (marginally) luckier majority, the lawyers." For practical purposes, the lawyers are the law. In this comprehensive study of legal ethics, Luban examines the conflict between common morality and the lawyer's "role morality" under the adversary system and how this conflict becomes a social and political problem for a community. Using real examples and drawing extensively on case law, he develops a systematic philosophical treatment of the problem of role morality in legal practice. He then applies the argument to the problem of confidentiality, outlines an affordable system of legal services for the poor, and provides an in-depth philosophical treatment of ethical problems in public interest law.

Author : W. Bradley Wendel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691156217

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Lawyers and Fidelity to Law by W. Bradley Wendel Pdf

Even lawyers who obey the law often seem to act unethically--interfering with the discovery of truth, subverting justice, and inflicting harm on innocent people. Standard arguments within legal ethics attempt to show why it is permissible to do something as a lawyer that it would be wrong to do as an ordinary person. But in the view of most critics these arguments fail to turn wrongs into rights. Even many lawyers think legal ethics is flawed because it does not accurately describe the considerable moral value of their work. In Lawyers and Fidelity to Law, Bradley Wendel introduces a new conception of legal ethics that addresses the concerns of lawyers and their critics alike. Wendel proposes an ethics grounded on the political value of law as a collective achievement that settles intractable conflicts, allowing people who disagree profoundly to live together in a peaceful, stable society. Lawyers must be loyal and competent client representatives, Wendel argues, but these obligations must always be exercised within the law that constitutes their own roles and confers rights and duties upon their clients. Lawyers act unethically when they treat the law as an inconvenient obstacle to be worked around and when they twist and distort it to help their clients do what they are not legally entitled to do. Lawyers and Fidelity to Law challenges lawyers and their critics to reconsider the nature and value of ethical representation.

Author : Richard Moorhead,Steven Vaughan,Cristina Godinho
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509905935

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In-House Lawyers' Ethics by Richard Moorhead,Steven Vaughan,Cristina Godinho Pdf

This book provides an empirically grounded, in-depth investigation of the ethical dimensions to in-house practice and how legal risk is defined and managed by in-house lawyers and others. The growing significance and status of the role of General Counsel has been accompanied by growth in legal risk as a phenomenon of importance. In-house lawyers are regularly exhorted to be more commercial, proactive and strategic, to be business leaders and not (mere) lawyers, but they are increasingly exposed for their roles in organisational scandals. This book poses the question: how far does going beyond being a lawyer conflict with or entail being more ethical? It explores the role of in-housers by calling on three key pieces of empirical research: two tranches of interviews with senior in-house lawyers and senior compliance staff; and an unparalleled large survey of in-house lawyers. On the basis of this evidence, the authors explore how ideas about in-house roles shape professional logics; how far professional notions such as independence play a role in those logics; and the ways in which ethical infrastructure are managed or are absent from in-house practice. It concludes with a discussion of whether and how in-house lawyers and their regulators need to take professionalism and professional ethicality more seriously.

Author : Reid Mortensen,Francesca Bartlett,Kieran Tranter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136937415

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Alternative Perspectives on Lawyers and Legal Ethics by Reid Mortensen,Francesca Bartlett,Kieran Tranter Pdf

The study of legal ethics and the legal profession has emerged as a distinct and important field of scholarship over the years. This book offers contemporary and non-mainstream perspectives on the shape of the legal profession. It examines how the public sees lawyers and how lawyers see their own profession.

Author : Allan Gerson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351509473

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Lawyers' Ethics by Allan Gerson Pdf

Frequently the ethical attorney finds himself in a position where he can no longer reconcile con-flicting responsibilities he owes to his clients with those he owes so-ciety and himself. Faced with the dilemma of choice among coun-tervailing and competing obliga-tions, he has little training and precedence to guide him. If he is over forty, the overwhelming probability is that he never took a course on legal ethics; if he looks for a general, up-to-date text to provide insight, he will look in vain. Nor is there a developed body of case law from which to glean an appropriate course of action.This vacuum of authoritative formulations of responsible be-havior is a matter of concern not only to the legal profession, but to all sectors of American society. Lawyers shape the mores and thoughts of all of us. Their will is exerted not only in modifying our national institutions, but ulti-mately our individual, personal sense of values.This volume serves two impor-tant purposes: it provides the interested professional and lay reader with an appreciation of thespectrum of the ethical dilemmas confronting the legal profession, and it provides a sense of balance about the competing consid-erations present in each of these dilemmas. At a time when the legal profession is under attack both from within and without, this book represents some of the best critical thinking by lawyers about their role and responsibilities in American society.

Author : ALICE. WOOLLEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0433505877

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UNDERSTANDING LAWYERS' ETHICS IN CANADA. by ALICE. WOOLLEY Pdf