Legal ethics and legal practice : contemporary issues /

This collection of essays on legal ethics addresses the subject comparatively, unlike any previous publication in either the UK or the US. Many of the papers originated from rare collaborative empirical research between academic and practising lawyers combining to produce a book that is unique in it...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Parker, Stephen (Stephen John), Sampford, C. J. G. (Charles J. G.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:	Legal ethics > United States. Practice of law > United States. Droit > Pratique > États-Unis. Legal ethics. Practice of law. United States. Law - U.S. Law, Politics & Government. Law - U.S. - General. Law > Ethics Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Legal regulation, ethical standard-setting, and institutional design / Charles Sampford with Christine Parker
Portia redux : another look at gender, feminism, and legal ethics / Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Ethics and large law firms / Elizabeth Nosworthy
Change, responsibility, and the legal profession / Stephen Parker
Speculating on justice : the ethics and jurisprudence of contingency fees / David Luban
Some proposed changes in civil procedure : their practical benefits and ethical rationale / G.L. Davies and Sally A. Sheldon
Family lawyering and legal ethics / Richard H.S. Tur
Prosecutorial ethics / Ken Crispin
Judicial fairness and systemic bias / David Wood
Ethical dilemmas : what Australian lawyers say about them / Debra Lamb.