Professional Responsibility (Student Guides)

Professional Responsibility (Student Guides)

This book on legal ethics is the premier text that examines the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, the American Law Instituteâ€™s Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, and the caselaw. The book is analytical, concise, and thorough. Empirical studies show that many lawyers are unaware of even basic information about â€œlegal ethics,â€ the law governing lawyers. Older lawyers, who draw a disproportionate number of malpractice suits, often have neither formally studied ethics nor kept up with developments in the law. Many malpractice suits arise out of ethics violations, such as disqualification of lawyers for conflicts of interest, multidisciplinary practice, and the attorney-client evidentiary and ethical privilege. The Ethics Rules are law â€“ typically adopted by court rule â€“ in the same way that the Rules of Civil Procedure are law. These Ethics Rules are just as complex as the Civil Practice Rules or the Evidence Rules. Many of th
Country USA
Brand West Academic Publishing
Manufacturer West Academic Publishing
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780314288998

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