Legal Ethics and Legal Practice - Contemporary Issues

Klappentext Lawyers in common law systems today sense that they are subjects of unprecedented investigation, criticism and attack. Yet finding responses to public criticism is not easy. This is the first collection of essays on legal ethics which addresses the subject from a comparative perspective. It aims to reflect on some of the key issues, suggest possible arguments which might lead to solutions, and to provide readers, particularly those involved in practice, with strategies for devising more "ethical" practices. Zusammenfassung This is the first collection of essays on legal ethics which addresses the subject comparatively. There is no similar work in the US. The empirical research from which the conference originally sprang remains a rare example of collaborative research between academic and practising lawyers. From the professor's side, public concern at the cost and quality of justice is forcing them to look beyond practitioners' manuals and the trade press for ideas.From the academic side there is great interest in the study of ethics and culture in the legal profession and the answers which this study may provide to wider questions concerning the content and practice of law at the access to justice debate.

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• Authors: Stephen Parker, Stephen Sampford Parker, C. J. G. Sampford
• Assisted by: Stephen Parker (Editor), C.J.G. Sampford (Editor), Charles Sampford (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.1996
• EAN: 9780198259459
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825945-9
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, Australia, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Politics / Current Events, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, LAW / Legal Profession, Systems of law, Ethics & moral philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Ethics and moral philosophy, Legal profession: general, Legal profession / practice of law: general