Contains articles that explore confrontations in the daily practice of law, employing case studies. This text is divided into 6 sections, each dealing with an important issue: the Structure of the Profession; the Moral Critique of Professionalism; the Adversary System; Conflict of Interest; Client Confidences; and, the Provision of Legal Services.
Contents: Legal profession and its ethical responsibilities : a history / David R. Papke -- Ethics of ethics tests for lawyers / Frederick A. Elliston -- Discipline within the legal profession / F. Raymond Marks and Darlene Cathcart -- Lawyers as professionals : some moral issues / Richard Wasserstrom -- Lawyer as friend / Charles Fried -- Moral responsibility in professional ethics / Gerald J. Postema -- Professional responsibility : report of the joint committee / Lon L. Fuller and John D. Randall -- Adversary system : who needs it? / Edmund Byrne -- Ideology of advocacy : procedural justice and professional ethics / William H. Simon -- Conflict of interest and conflict of obligation / Kenneth Kipnis -- Lawyer for the situation / Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. -- Professional responsibility : problems of divorce mediation / Linda J. Silberman -- Professional responsibility of the criminal defense lawyer : the three hardest questions / Monroe H. Freedman -- Criminal defendant who proposes perjury / Norman Lefstein -- Confidentiality and the lawyer-client relationship / Bruce M. Landesman -- Mandatory pro bono / Steven B. Rosenfeld -- Problems of clean hands / Michael D. Bayles -- Right to refuse a case / Michael Davis
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