Legal ethics in the practice of law / by Richard A. Zitrin, Carol M. Langford, Nina W. Tarr.
Material type: TextPublication details: Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, 2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxviii, 865, [25] p. ; 29 cm. + teacher's manual w/ CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0820570346
- 9780820570341
- 174.30973 22
- KF306 .Z57 2007
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Books | Institute of Legal Practice and Development Library - Nyanza Branch General Stacks | 174.30973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000077N |
Includes index.
Initial reflections on ethics, morality, and justice in an adversary system -- Undertaking a case -- Communication and confidentiality -- Loyalties and conflicts of interest -- Who controls the case? How should lawyers and clients share decisionmaking? -- What price truth? What price justice? What price advocacy? -- Tactics, free speech, and playing by the rules -- The special problems of the government lawyer -- The lawyer acting as advisor -- The lawyer as part of the law firm structure -- Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice -- The economics of lawyering -- Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.
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