This study provides an in-depth analysis and critique of the ethics of English and Welsh lawyers. It argues that professional legal ethics has faile to deliver an approach which required lawyers to engage with the ethical issues raised by practice.
In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application.
Yet rarely is public policy clearly cut.The underlying themes of this book are: * that the move to more definite rules is not only inevitable but also desirable* that existing codes of professional practice cannot simply be treated as a ...
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[ 15 ] Agreements settling a claim or a potential claim for malpractice are not prohibited by this Rule . Nevertheless , in view of the danger that a lawyer will take unfair advantage of an unrepresented client or former client ...
Legal Ethics: The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility
Texas Lawyers' Professional Ethics
Raising provocative questions about the rationale and limits of professional responsibility, this text provides insights into the ethics of the legal profession at a time when technology, globalization, and the changing economics of ...
With its practical, hands-on approach to legal ethics, the third edition of LEGAL ETHICS is designed to ensure that readers have a solid grasp of the ethical rules that apply in the legal setting.