Legal ethics : a comparative study / Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Angelo Dondi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazard, Geoffrey C., Jr., 1929-2018.

Contributor:

Dondi, Angelo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal ethics.

Lawyers.

Practice of law--Moral and ethical aspects.

Practice of law.

Physical Description:

vi, 352 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

" Professors Hazard and Dondi have a very large understanding of the realities of contemporary law practice throughout the developed world. Their conversations with lawyers, judges, and government officials provide richness and depth to their analysis. Specialists and professionals worldwide will find this book stimulating and welcome." - Roger Cramton, Cornell University School of Law " This pioneering study seeks to bridge the gap between common law and civil law standards of lawyer behavior. Beneath the differences in the systems, the authors trace similar responses to problems that legal practitioners face in various nations. Their work will improve transnational understanding and foster the transnational practice of law." - John Leubsdorf, Rutgers School of Law, Newark

Contents:

A historical sketch of the legal professions

The roles of judge and lawyer

The professional "virtues": competence

Independence

Loyalty

Confidentiality

Responsibility

Fees and other issues of legal economics

Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-341) and index.

ISBN:

0804748829

OCLC:

54960591