Inside Lawyers' Ethics
About this book
The third edition of Inside Lawyers' Ethics offers an engaging and practical examination of the moral and ethical dilemmas that legal professionals may encounter in a rapidly changing professional environment. The text provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of general philosophical approaches to morality as well as the legal frameworks which govern ethical decision-making and practice. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and provides in-depth coverage of the Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules (ASCR) to enable readers to successfully understand, analyse and apply guiding ethical frameworks. Case studies and discussion questions in each chapter provide practical examples from case law, legal practice and research to illustrate common challenges and explain how ethical and moral principles can be applied to a variety of common scenarios. Written by leading academics in the field, this essential text equips readers with the skills to enact ethical behaviours and confidently confront common ethical challenges in their everyday practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of figures, tables and illustrations
- List of case studies
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- Table of ASCR and Bar Rules
- About the authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: values in practice
- 2 Alternatives to adversarial advocacy
- 3 The responsibility climate: professionalism and the regulation of lawyers’ ethics
- 4 Confidentiality: boundaries and disclosure
- 5 Ethics in criminal justice: proof and truth
- 6 Civil dispute resolution and excessive adversarialism
- 7 Conflicting loyalties
- 8 Lawyers’ fees and costs: billing and over-charging
- 9 Corporate lawyers and corporate misconduct
- 10 Conclusion: personal professionalism, virtue, values and legal professionalism
- Appendix: Part 1 – self-assessment of legal ethical preferences
- Appendix: Part 2 – scale to self-assess legal ethical Preference
- Index