In the interests of justice : reforming the legal profession / Deborah L. Rhode.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhode, Deborah L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--United States.

Lawyers.

Practice of law--United States.

Practice of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two thousand years ago, Seneca described advocates not as seekers of truth but as accessories to injustice, ""smothered by their prosperity."" This unflattering assessment has only worsened over time. The vast majority of Americans now perceive lawyers as arrogant, unaffordable hired guns whose ethical practices rank just slightly above those of used car salesmen. In this penetrating new book, Deborah L. Rhode goes beyond the commonplace attacks on lawyers to provide the first systematic study of the structural problems confronting the legal profession. A past president of the Association of A

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: The Profession and the Public Interest; TWO: Lawyers and Their Discontent; THREE: The Advocate's Role in the Adversary System; FOUR: America's Sporting Theory of Justice; FIVE: Too Much Law/Too Little Justice: Too Much Rhetoric/Too Little Reform; SIX: Regulation of the Profession; SEVEN: Legal Education; EIGHT: Professional Reform; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-254) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-70413-6

9786610704132

0-19-802842-3

0-19-534737-4

OCLC:

609832158