Contains articles that explore confrontations in the daily practice of law, employing case studies. This text is divided into 6 sections, each dealing with an important issue: the Structure of the Profession; the Moral Critique of Professionalism; the Adversary System; Conflict of Interest; Client Confidences; and, the Provision of Legal Services.
Contents:
Legal profession and its ethical responsibilities : a history / David R. Papke --
Ethics of ethics tests for lawyers / Frederick A. Elliston --
Discipline within the legal profession / F. Raymond Marks and Darlene Cathcart --
Lawyers as professionals : some moral issues / Richard Wasserstrom --
Lawyer as friend / Charles Fried --
Moral responsibility in professional ethics / Gerald J. Postema --
Professional responsibility : report of the joint committee / Lon L. Fuller and John D. Randall --
Adversary system : who needs it? / Edmund Byrne --
Ideology of advocacy : procedural justice and professional ethics / William H. Simon --
Conflict of interest and conflict of obligation / Kenneth Kipnis --
Lawyer for the situation / Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. --
Professional responsibility : problems of divorce mediation / Linda J. Silberman --
Professional responsibility of the criminal defense lawyer : the three hardest questions / Monroe H. Freedman --
Criminal defendant who proposes perjury / Norman Lefstein --
Confidentiality and the lawyer-client relationship / Bruce M. Landesman --
Mandatory pro bono / Steven B. Rosenfeld --
Problems of clean hands / Michael D. Bayles --
Right to refuse a case / Michael Davis
Contains articles that explore confrontations in the daily practice of law, employing case studies. This text is divided into 6 sections, each dealing with an important issue: the Structure of the Profession; the Moral Critique of Professionalism; the Adversary System; Conflict of Interest; Client Confidences; and, the Provision of Legal Services.
Contents:
Legal profession and its ethical responsibilities : a history / David R. Papke --
Ethics of ethics tests for lawyers / Frederick A. Elliston --
Discipline within the legal profession / F. Raymond Marks and Darlene Cathcart --
Lawyers as professionals : some moral issues / Richard Wasserstrom --
Lawyer as friend / Charles Fried --
Moral responsibility in professional ethics / Gerald J. Postema --
Professional responsibility : report of the joint committee / Lon L. Fuller and John D. Randall --
Adversary system : who needs it? / Edmund Byrne --
Ideology of advocacy : procedural justice and professional ethics / William H. Simon --
Conflict of interest and conflict of obligation / Kenneth Kipnis --
Lawyer for the situation / Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. --
Professional responsibility : problems of divorce mediation / Linda J. Silberman --
Professional responsibility of the criminal defense lawyer : the three hardest questions / Monroe H. Freedman --
Criminal defendant who proposes perjury / Norman Lefstein --
Confidentiality and the lawyer-client relationship / Bruce M. Landesman --
Mandatory pro bono / Steven B. Rosenfeld --
Problems of clean hands / Michael D. Bayles --
Right to refuse a case / Michael Davis