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Legal ethics : text and materials / Richard O'Dair.

By: O'Dair, Richard.
Series: Law in context. Publisher: London : Butterworths, 2001Description: xv, 497 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0406997586.Subject(s): Legal ethics -- Great Britain | Legal ethicsDDC classification: 174.30941
Contents:
Preface. - Acknowledgement . - The Alexander Maxwell Law Scholarship Trust. - Abbreviations. - Pt. 1: Pervasive issues in legal ethics. - Ch. 1. Introduction to legal ethics. Ch. 2. Philosophical foundations of legal ethics. Ch. 3. Professionalism. Ch. 4. Regulation and legal education. Ch. 5. The Standard Conception of legal ethics. - Pt. II. Particular problems in legal ethics. Ch. 6. Criminal defence and prosecution. Ch. 7. Lawyer-client confidentiality. Ch. 8. Negotiation. Ch. 9. Lawyers, clients and power. Ch. 10. Lawyers, ethics and access to justice. Ch. 11. Conflicts of interest. - Index.
Summary: "The ethics of practising lawyers are currently the subject of fierce debate with many non-lawyers doubting whether it is possible to be a good person and a successful lawyer. This new title is a critical study of the ethical diffeculties which face practising lawyers and is intended to inform and stimulate discussion about ethics in the practice of law as we enter the twenty-first century. Richard O'Dair's Legal Ethics covers a full range of important issued. Topics such as the changing nature of professionalism are thoroughly examined within their philosophical, economic and sociological contexts. Other important issues considered include ethics in criminal practice confidentiality, negotiation and conflicts of interest. Having described the institutional and regulatory context within which lawyers work, the author provides a critical but constructive account of contemporary legal ethics." - Back cover.
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Preface. - Acknowledgement . - The Alexander Maxwell Law Scholarship Trust. - Abbreviations. - Pt. 1: Pervasive issues in legal ethics. - Ch. 1. Introduction to legal ethics. Ch. 2. Philosophical foundations of legal ethics. Ch. 3. Professionalism. Ch. 4. Regulation and legal education. Ch. 5. The Standard Conception of legal ethics. - Pt. II. Particular problems in legal ethics. Ch. 6. Criminal defence and prosecution. Ch. 7. Lawyer-client confidentiality. Ch. 8. Negotiation. Ch. 9. Lawyers, clients and power. Ch. 10. Lawyers, ethics and access to justice. Ch. 11. Conflicts of interest. - Index.

"The ethics of practising lawyers are currently the subject of fierce debate with many non-lawyers doubting whether it is possible to be a good person and a successful lawyer. This new title is a critical study of the ethical diffeculties which face practising lawyers and is intended to inform and stimulate discussion about ethics in the practice of law as we enter the twenty-first century. Richard O'Dair's Legal Ethics covers a full range of important issued. Topics such as the changing nature of professionalism are thoroughly examined within their philosophical, economic and sociological contexts. Other important issues considered include ethics in criminal practice confidentiality, negotiation and conflicts of interest. Having described the institutional and regulatory context within which lawyers work, the author provides a critical but constructive account of contemporary legal ethics." - Back cover.