Ethics in practice : lawyers' roles, responsibilities, and regulation / edited by Deborah L. Rhode.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rhode, Deborah L., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal ethics--United States.

Legal ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 294 p.)

Edition:

New Edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together experts in the field of legal ethics to discuss the dilemmas of practising law. The collection cuts across conventional disciplinary boundaries to address the roles, responsibilities, and regulation of contemporary lawyers.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Contents

Contributors

1. Ethics in Practice

I. Public Responsibilities in Professional Practice

2. The Law as a Profession

3. Why Lawyers Can't Just Be Hired Guns

II. Ethical Theory, Ethical Rules, and Ethical Conduct

4. Moral Thinking in Management: An Essential Capability

5. Law Practice and the Limits of Moral Philosophy

6. The Ethics of Wrongful Obedience

III. Adversarial Premises and Pathologies

7. The Limits of Adversarial Ethics

8. Ethics in Litigation: Rhetoric of Crisis, Realities of Practice

IV. Client Interests and Professional Obligations

9. Lawyer Advice and Client Autonomy: Mrs. Jones's Case

10. In Hell There Will Be Lawyers Without Clients or Law

V. Personal Identities and Professional Values

11. Beyond "Bleached Out" Professionalism: Defining Professional Responsibility for Real Professionals

12. Contested Identities: Task Forces on Gender, Race, and Ethnic Bias and the Obligations of the Legal Profession

13. Cultures of Commitment: Pro Bono for Lawyers and Law Students

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029054-4

0-19-771901-5

0-19-802966-7

1-280-53417-6

1-4237-0773-7

0-19-534716-1

1-60256-733-6

OCLC:

476022712