Legal ethics in the practice of law /
Richard Zitrin, Liz Ryan Cole, Tim Casey.
- Fifth edition.
- liii, 984 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and 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 decision-making? -- 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 adviser -- Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice -- The economics of lawyering -- Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.