Fighting Fair - Legal Ethics for an Adversarial Age

Informationen zum Autor Allan C. Hutchinson is a Distinguished Research Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and an internationally recognized legal theorist. He is the author or editor of twenty books, including Evolution and the Common Law (2005), The Province of Jurisprudence Democratized (2008) and Is Eating People Wrong? (2010). Klappentext This book draws an extended analogy with military theory to propose a new model for legal ethics. Zusammenfassung The traditional model of legal ethics is broken beyond repair. In an original approach! legal theorist Allan C. Hutchinson takes seriously the idea that 'litigation is war'. By drawing an extended analogy from military ethics! he demonstrates what it means to be an ethical lawyer in today's practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An opening salvo; 2. The professional project; 3. A theoretical excursion; 4. The standard model; 5. Taking war ethically; 6. In the name of just ends; 7. Fighting fair; 8. Towards a just peace; 9. Not-so-final thoughts.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Allan C Hutchinson, Allan C. Hutchinson, Hutchinson Allan C.
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 08.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107539709
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53970-9
• Pages: 144
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Général, dictionnaires; LAW / General, Legal ethics and professional conduct, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice