Inside Lawyers' Ethics
About this book
Inside Lawyers' Ethics is a lively and practical values-based analysis of the moral dilemmas that lawyers face. It gives lawyers the confidence to understand and actively improve their ethical priorities and behaviour when confronted with major ethical challenges. It identifies the applicable law and conduct rules and analyses them in the context of four different types of ethical lawyering: zealous advocacy, responsible lawyering, moral activism and the ethics of care. This new edition is fully updated, with a new chapter on confidentiality and new case studies and review questions. This edition also contains a self-assessment instrument designed to allow readers to recognise the type of lawyering that most appeals to them. Inside Lawyers' Ethics promotes self-awareness and offers a positive and enriching approach to problem solving, rather than one based on the 'don't get caught' principle. It is essential reading for students of law and newly qualified legal practitioners.
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Table of contents
- Coverpage
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of illustrations
- List of case studies
- Table of statutes
- Table of cases
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Values in Practice
- 2 Alternatives to Adversarial Advocacy
- 3 The Responsibility Climate: Professionalism and the Regulationof Lawyers’ Ethics
- 4 Confidentiality: Boundaries and Disclosure
- 5 Ethics in Criminal Justice: Proof and Truth
- 6 Civil Litigation and Excessive Adversarialism
- 7 Ethics in Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 8 Conflicting Loyalties
- 9 Lawyers’ Fees and Costs: Billing and Over-Charging
- 10 Corporate Lawyers and Corporate Misconduct
- 11 Conclusion – Personal Professionalism: Virtue, Valuesand Legal Professionalism
- Appendix: Part 1 – Self-Assessment of Legal Ethical Preferences
- Appendix: Part 2 – Scale to Self-Assess Legal Ethical Preference
- Index