Ethics and the Legal Profession - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591026210 ISBN 13: 9781591026211

Verlag: Prometheus Books, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Beneficial for law or philosophy students, or practicing lawyers, Ethics and the Legal Profession includes articles by eminent philosophers and lawyers that explore moral problems in legal practice.

The text is divided into six sections, each dealing with an important issue: The History and Organization of the Profession in the United States; The Moral Critique of Professionalism; The Adversary System; Conflict of Interest and Professional Judgment; Perjury and Confidentiality; and Making Legal Services Available.

Combining in-depth case studies with careful analysis, the editors help students and professionals distinguish between moral and technical judgment, become clearer about the meaning of moral discourse in the workplace, and better appreciate the higher callings of their profession. Raising provocative questions about the rationale and limits of professional responsibility, this text provides insights into the ethics of the legal profession at a time when technology, globalization, and the changing economics of lawyering are reshaping the profession of law in ways still hard to predict.

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Elliot D. Cohen (Port St. Lucie, FL) is the director of the Institute of Critical Thinking, the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy, ethics editor for Free Inquiry magazine, and the author or editor of many books in journalism, professional ethics, and philosophical counseling, including The Last Days of Democracy (with Bruce W. Fraser).

Michael Davis (Chicago, IL) is a professor of philosophy, and a senior fellow at the Center for Study of Ethics in the Professions, at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the author or editor of eleven books on various ethical issues, including Profession, Code, and Ethics and the first edition of Ethics and the Legal Profession (with Frederick Elliston).

Frederick A. Elliston, co-editor of the first edition, was teaching philosophy at the University of Hawaii when he was killed in an automobile accident in 1987.

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ETHICS and the LEGAL PROFESSION

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Contents

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................9PART I: HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROFESSION IN THE UNITED STATESIntroduction to Part I.............................................................................................................................................251. David Ray Papke, The Legal Profession and Its Ethical Responsibilities: A History...............................................................................352. Fred C. Zacharias, The Quest for a Perfect Code.................................................................................................................673. Frederick A. Elliston, The Ethics of Ethics: Tests for Lawyers..................................................................................................754. Ted Shneyer, Professional Discipline in 2050: A Look Back.......................................................................................................93Problem Set I......................................................................................................................................................98Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................101PART II: THE MORAL CRITIQUE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONIntroduction to Part II............................................................................................................................................1051. Charles Fried, The Lawyer as Friend.............................................................................................................................1112. Robert J. Condlin, What's Love Got to Do With It? The Lawyer as Friendly Fiduciary..............................................................................1433. Michael Davis, Professionalism Means Putting Your Profession First..............................................................................................159Problem Set II.....................................................................................................................................................182Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................184PART III: THE ADVERSARY SYSTEMIntroduction to Part III...........................................................................................................................................1871. Lon L. Fuller and John D. Randall, Professional Responsibility: Report of the Joint Conference..................................................................1972. Carrie Menkel-Meadow, The Trouble with the Adversary System in a Postmodern, Multicultural World................................................................2153. Elliot D. Cohen, Lawyers' Liberation: Moral Autonomy in Legal Practice..........................................................................................233Problem Set III....................................................................................................................................................250Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................253PART IV: CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENTIntroduction to Part IV............................................................................................................................................2571. Ken Kipnis, Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Obligation.....................................................................................................2632. Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Lawyer for the Situation.................................................................................................................2953. David H. Taylor, Legal Service for Indigents....................................................................................................................311Problem Set IV.....................................................................................................................................................325Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................327PART V: PERJURY AND CONFIDENTIALITYIntroduction to Part V.............................................................................................................................................3311. Monroe H. Freedman, Disclosing the Truth about Client Perjury...................................................................................................3372. Stephen Gillers, Monroe Freedman's Solution to the Criminal Defense Lawyer's Trilemma Is Wrong as a Matter of Policy and Constitutional Law.....................3633. Daniel R. Fischel, Lawyers and Confidentiality..................................................................................................................379Problem Set V......................................................................................................................................................390Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................392PART VI: MAKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLEIntroduction to Part VI............................................................................................................................................3951. Debra Moss Curtis, Domestic Violence and the Lawyer as Good Samaritan...........................................................................................4012. David Luban, Selling Indulgences................................................................................................................................4093. Ethan S. Berger and Carol M. Langford, Globalization and the Future of Legal Ethics.............................................................................415Problem Set VI.....................................................................................................................................................427Suggested Readings.................................................................................................................................................429APPENDIX: MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS...................................................................................................................................431

Introduction

There are two general approaches to teaching "legal ethics," "professional integrity," "lawyer professionalism," or "the professional responsibility of lawyers" (all these terms naming the same subject more or less): the legal (or compliance) and the ethical (or philosophical). The legal approach asks, "What must a lawyer do to stay within the rules? How does a lawyer stay out of (serious) trouble?" The legal approach treats the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct as just another statute or regulation, a constraint others have imposed as a condition of practicing law, or a close relative of the criminal law or, at least, of consumer protection (such as the truth-in-lending law). Naturally, a rational person would want to know how close she can get to that limit without getting on the...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Prometheus Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1591026210
• ISBN 13: 9781591026211
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Herausgeber: Cohen Elliot D., Davis Michael, Elliston Frederick A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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