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Title

Professional legal ethics : critical interrogations / Donald Nicolson and Julian Webb.

Author

Nicolson, Donald.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Webb, Julian S.

Description

xiv, 327 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This book represents the first attempt to subject the ethical discourse of the English legal professions to in-depth analysis and sustained critique. Drawing on insights from moral philosophy, social theory, the sociology of the legal profession, public law theories of regulation, and the extensive American literature on lawyers' ethics, it argues that, in seeking to provide definitive answers to particular problems of professional conduct, professional legal ethics has failed to deliver an approach which requires lawyers actively to engage with the ethical issues raised by legal practice." "Professional Legal Ethics: Critical Interrogations is written for lawyers, ethicists and policymakers interested in this neglected area of professional ethics and regulation."--Jacket

Subject

• Legal ethics > Great Britain
• Legal ethics
• Professional ethics
• Codes of Ethics
• Ethics, Professional
• professional ethics
• Professional ethics
• Legal ethics
• Rechtsethik
• Beroepsethiek
• Advocatuur
• Juristen
• Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- Lawyers And Justice -- Defining Professional Legal Ethics -- Aims, Methods And Arguments -- 2. The Philosophical Context: Theoretical Approaches To The Content And Status Of Ethics -- Introduction -- The Scope Of Philosophical Ethics -- Deontological Ethics -- Consequentialism -- Virtue Ethics -- Psychology, Feminism And The Ethic Of Care -- Postmodernism And The Ethics Of Alterity -- Conclusion -- 3. The Social Context: Professional Deals And Institutional Settings -- Introduction -- The Ideals Of The Legal Professions -- The Procedural Context -- Professional Structures And Institutional Contexts -- The Demographic Context -- The Educational Context -- The Business Context -- Conclusions -- 4. The Regulatory Context: Ethics And Professional Self-Regulation -- Introduction -- The Institutions Of Self-Regulation -- Codes Of Conduct -- The Enforcement Mechanisms -- 5. Duties To The Client: Autonomy And Control In The Lawyer-Client Relationship -- Introduction -- Boundaries Of Autonomy -- The Legal Basis Of Lawyer-Client Relations -- Control In The Lawyer-Client Relationship -- Autonomy: A Critique And Re-Evaluation -- Reconptualising Duties To The Client -- Conclusion: Implication For The Form And Focus Of Codes -- 6. The Lawyers Amoral Role And Lawyer Immorality -- Introduction -- The Lawyers Amoral Role -- Criticisms Of Lawyer Behaviour -- Conclusion -- 7. Justifying Neutral Partianship -- Introduction -- Neutral Partisanship And Adversarial System -- Neutral Partianship And Liberal Values -- Neutral Partianship And The Institutions Of Liberal Government -- Conclusion -- 8. Reforming The Lawyers Amoral Role -- Introduction -- Alternatives To Neutral Partianship -- Moral Activism And Ethical Foundations -- A Contextual Approach To Immoral Ends And Means -- Immoral Ends And Decisions To Represent -- Immoral Means And Lawyer Tactics -- A Decision Making Schema For Morally Activist Lawyers -- 9. Confidentiality -- Introduction -- The Current Position -- Criticisms Of The Current Position -- Justifying Confidentiality -- A Contextual Approach To Confidentiality -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion: Towards A More Ethical Profession -- The Dominance Of Formalism And Liberalism -- The Contextual Alternative -- Possible Objections To A Contextual Approach -- Institutionalising An Ethical Professionalism.

ISBN

• 0198764715
• 9780198764717

LCCN

99048741

OCLC

• ocm42428842
• 42428842
• SCSB-1237893

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library