Lawyers And Justice

Author : David Luban
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0691022909

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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 : Honoré Daumier,Julien Cain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
ISBN : 0881681954

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Lawyers and Justice by Honoré Daumier,Julien Cain Pdf

Author : John C. Anderson
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780271040042

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Why Lawyers Derail Justice by John C. Anderson Pdf

Author : Kim D Weinert,Karen Crawley,Kieran Tranter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000048032

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Law, Lawyers and Justice by Kim D Weinert,Karen Crawley,Kieran Tranter Pdf

This book engages with the place of law and legality within Australia’s distinctive contribution to global televisual culture. Australian popular culture has created a lasting legacy – for good or bad – of representations of law, lawyers and justice ‘down under’. Within films and television of striking landscapes, peopled with heroes, antiheroes, survivors and jokers, there is a fixation on law, conflicts between legal orders, brutal violence and survival. Deeply compromised by the ongoing violence against the lives and laws of First Nation Australians, Australian film and television has sharply illuminated what it means to live with a ‘rule of law’ that rules with a legacy, and a reality, of deep injustice. This book is the first to bring together scholars to reflect on, and critically engage with, the representations and global implications of law, lawyers and justice captured through the lenses of Australian film, television and social media. Exploring how distinctively Australian lenses capture uniquely Australian images and narratives, the book nevertheless engages these in order to provide broader insights into the contemporary translations and transmogrifications of law and justice.

Author : William H. Simon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Owen Fiss
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674971868

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Pillars of Justice by Owen Fiss Pdf

The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served.

Author : Trevor C.W. Farrow,Lesley A. Jacobs
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774863605

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The Justice Crisis by Trevor C.W. Farrow,Lesley A. Jacobs Pdf

Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn’t working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overview of recent empirical research address key issues: the extent and cost of unmet legal needs; the role of public funding; connections between legal and social exclusion among vulnerable populations; the value of new legal pathways; the provision of justice services beyond the courts and lawyers; and the need for a culture change within the justice system.

Author : Helena Whalen-Bridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316517451

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The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice by Helena Whalen-Bridge Pdf

Includes papers presented as a conference in SIngapore in 2017.--ECIP acknowledgments.

Author : Susan D. Carle
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814772744

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Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Susan D. Carle Pdf

Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers’ Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice broadens the discussion on legal ethics by first introducing the historical and theoretical background and then connecting it to real world issues while addressing lawyers' ethical obligations to work for social justice. The reader features differing critical approaches and opens up new avenues of ethical debate. While the literature included is diverse and interdisciplinary, it shares a vision of legal ethical inquiry as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Through a combination of provocative selections, lively writing, concrete examples of cases and social movements, and incisive editorial commentary, Lawyers ’Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice defines the emergence of an exciting new field of critical legal ethics scholarship.

Author : Benjamin H. Barton,Stephanos Bibas
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781594039348

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Rebooting Justice by Benjamin H. Barton,Stephanos Bibas Pdf

America is a nation founded on justice and the rule of law. But our laws are too complex, and legal advice too expensive, for poor and even middle-class Americans to get help and vindicate their rights. Criminal defendants facing jail time may receive an appointed lawyer who is juggling hundreds of cases and immediately urges them to plead guilty. Civil litigants are even worse off; usually, they get no help at all navigating the maze of technical procedures and rules. The same is true of those seeking legal advice, like planning a will or negotiating an employment contract. Rebooting Justice presents a novel response to longstanding problems. The answer is to use technology and procedural innovation to simplify and change the process itself. In the civil and criminal courts where ordinary Americans appear the most, we should streamline complex procedures and assume that parties will not have a lawyer, rather than the other way around. We need a cheaper, simpler, faster justice system to control costs. We cannot untie the Gordian knot by adding more strands of rope; we need to cut it, to simplify it.

Author : YVES DEZALAY,Bryant Garth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136643866

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Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice by YVES DEZALAY,Bryant Garth Pdf

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Diana Klebanow,Franklin L. Jonas
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0765606739

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People's Lawyers by Diana Klebanow,Franklin L. Jonas Pdf

A collection of biographies of ten American lawyers. Some are well-known, such as Thurgood Marshall and Morris Dees and Ralpha Nader; others, such as Belva Lockwood and Samuel Leibowitz, are not. Each chapter is accompanied by an annotated bibliography, a chronology, and a table of cases.

Author : Bee Chen Goh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351922661

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Law Without Lawyers, Justice Without Courts by Bee Chen Goh Pdf

The Chinese have, since ancient times, professed a non-litigious outlook. Similarly, their preference for mediation has fascinated the West for centuries. Mediation has been popularized by the Chinese who subscribe to the Confucian notions of harmony and compromise. It has been perpetuated in the People's Republic of China and by the overseas Chinese communities elsewhere, such as in Malaysia and Taiwan. Seen as the chief contributing factor in their litigation-averse nature, as well as the reason behind the significant role given to traditional mediation, this compelling book traces the cultural tradition of the Chinese. It uses rural Chinese Malaysians as illustrative examples and offers new insights into the nature of mediation East and West. It is an important reference and essential resource for anyone keen to learn about traditional Chinese concepts of law, justice and dispute settlement. Equally, it makes a unique contribution to the existing ADR literature by undertaking a socio-legal study on traditional Chinese mediation.

Author : Wendy Murphy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 159523036X

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And Justice for Some by Wendy Murphy Pdf

Identifies current criminal rights practices that limit the abilities of victims to receive justice, including such tactics as victim privacy invasion, intimidating cross-examinations, and defense presentations that are designed to distort the truth.

Author : Law Society of Upper Canada
Publisher : Irwin Law
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Aide juridique
ISBN : 0887594158

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Access to Justice for a New Century by Law Society of Upper Canada Pdf

This book is a timely addition to the literature on access to justice. The book's essays address all aspects of the topic, including differing views on the meaning of access to justice; ways to improve access to legal services; litigation and its role in achieving social justice; and the roles of lawyers, citizens, and legal insitutions. Access to Justice for a New Century is based on papers given at an international symposium presented by the Law Society of Upper Canada, sponsored by the Law Foundation of Ontario.