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041 0 _aeng
050 0 4 _a174.30994 $2 22
100 1 _aParker, Christine
245 0 0 _aInside lawyers' ethics
260 _aCambridge
_bCambridge University Press
_c2007
300 _axvii, 269p.
_bill.
_c23cm.
350 _a30
505 2 _aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of illustrations -- List of case studies -- List of statutes -- Table of cases
505 2 _aIntroduction, values in practice -- Alternatives to adverserial advocacy -- The responsibility climate, regulation of lawyers' ethics -- Civil litigation and excessive adverserialism -- Ethics in criminal justice, proof and truth -- Ethics in negotiation and alternative dispute resolution -- Conflicting loyalties -- Lawyers' fees and costs, billing and over-charging -- Corporate lawyers and corporate misconduct -- Conclusion, personal professionalism, personal values and legal professionalism.
520 _aTextbook is designed to help law students and new lawyers understand and modify their own ethical priorities, with the intention of making them better practitioners, but also because ethical practice improves the entire legal process. Features a range of case studies on ethical concerns from Australian case law and seeks to clarify routes for dealing with cases that challenge personal ethics. Looks at the values of current practice and suggests ethical alternatives for the legal practitioner.
521 _aAdvanced
590 _aKA
651 4 _aInternational
690 _aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-BUSINESS ETHICS
700 1 _aEvans, Adrian
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999 _c108913
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