Legal ethics, professional responsibility, and the legal profession /
"As the legal profession undergoes structural changes, longstanding principles of ethics still govern the day-to-day lives of practicing lawyers. This new Hornbook on professional responsibility provides both a snapshot of ongoing systemic changes and a thorough examination of the fundamentals...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
West Academic Publishing,
2018
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| Series: | Hornbook series
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| Summary: | "As the legal profession undergoes structural changes, longstanding principles of ethics still govern the day-to-day lives of practicing lawyers. This new Hornbook on professional responsibility provides both a snapshot of ongoing systemic changes and a thorough examination of the fundamentals of lawyer and judicial ethics...[This] Hornbook (1) begins with the changing environment in which legal services are provided in the modern economy; (2) continues with a theoretical grounding of legal ethics in moral philosophy; (3) offers empirical evidence and discussion about professional formation and moral development; (4) provides a comprehensive analysis of the law of lawyer ethics; (5) includes a...discussion of the modern law of legal malpractice, and (6) concludes with exploration of the rules of judicial ethics."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xlvii, 1088 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781634605113 163460511X |