Previous edition, 1st, published in 1995.
Intended for use in law school courses that teach the fundamentals of legal ethics in conjunction with the current edition of West's Professional Responsibility Standards, Rules & Statutes. Contains readings...
By adopting a comparative institutional approach to the link between law and morality, this text questions the view that morality stands to law as critical standard to conventional practice.
Justice Marshall, dissenting. The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a person accused of a crime the right to the aid of a lawyer in preparing and presenting his defense. It has long been settled that “the right to counsel is the ...
Delulio could sue Celanese, but she could not tell the other attorney, the executive, or the secretary that they could sue on the same grounds. She would be able to use against her employer information that she would be required to keep ...
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.
Louisiana New statistics re: women in the legal profession and malpractice claims against lawyers Professors and students will benefit from: The easy-to-follow logical sequence of all relevant rules that are clearly articulated at the ...
Lawyers, Clients and Moral Responsibility: Teacher's Manual to Accompany
How does personal morality affect public and professional responsibility? This book asks such questions of male and female attorneys in an attempt to explore how moral reasoning affects lawyers' understanding of justice.
The main purpose of this book is to analyse the concept of moral dilemma in context of judicial and legal ethics, and to provide material for legal education. The structure of this book is designed with this double aim in mind.
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.