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Understanding Lawyers' Ethics

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ISBN-10: 1422470229

ISBN-13: 9781422470220

Edition: 4th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Monroe Freedman, Abbe Smith

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This Understanding treatise presents a systematic position on lawyers' ethics. The authors argue that lawyers' ethics is rooted in the Bill of Rights and in the autonomy and the dignity of the individual. This traditionalist, client-centered view of the lawyer's role in an adversary system corresponds to the ethical standards that are held by a large proportion of the practicing bar.From this perspective, the authors of Understanding Lawyers' Ethics analyze the fundamental issues of lawyers' ethics, and particularly the ABA's Model Rules and Model Code. Even if students do not share the authors' viewpoint, they can benefit from this presentation because it challenges them to appreciate the…    
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Book details

List price: $49.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 11/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Monroe H. Freedman is Professor of Law, School of Law, Hofstra University

Abbe Smith, director of the Criminal Justice Clinic and professor of lawnbsp;at Georgetown Law School, is the recognized expert on legal ethics. She is a regular contributor toThe New York Times,Boston Globe,Philadelphia Daily News,National Law Journal, andThe Atlantic Monthly. She lives in Washington, D.C.nbsp;nbsp;