Legal Ethics

Jonathan Herring (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

504 Seiten

2017 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-878892-8 (ISBN)

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Jonathan Herring provides a clear and engaging overview of legal ethics, highlighting the ethical issues surrounding professional conduct and raising interesting questions about how lawyers act and what their role entails. Key topics, such as confidentiality and fees, are covered with references throughout to the professional codes of conduct.

Who would or should defend a potential murderer in court?
How do professions regulate themselves?
Is 'no win-no fee' an ethical system?
Where is the line in a 'suitable' client-advocate relationship?

Jonathan Herring provides a clear and engaging overview of legal ethics, highlighting that the issues surrounding professional conduct are not always black and white and raising interesting questions about how lawyers act and what their role entails. Key topics, such as confidentiality, negligence, and fees are covered, with references throughout to the professional codes of conduct.

Features throughout the textbook to aid student learning include the highlighting of key cases, principles, and definitions; the inclusion of a variety of viewpoints through coverage of cases, popular media, and scholarly articles; and use inclusion of 'digging deeper' and 'alternative viewpoint' boxes which encourage critical reflection and better understanding of key theories and topics.

The well developed online resource centre includes Podcasts linked to the 'what would you do' chapter features, video debates, relevant updates and web links.

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford. He is a widely published author across several disciplines, including criminal law, family law, and legal ethics.

1: Ethical theories
2: The social context of the legal profession
3: The regulation of the legal profession
4: The lawyer-client relationship
5: Confidentiality
6: Conflicts of interests
7: Fees
8: Negligence and lawyers
9: Litigation
10: Alternative dispute resolution
11: Third parties
12: Business ethics
13: Lawyers' social responsibilities
14: Gender, race, and diversity in the legal profession
15: Applying legal theories

Erscheinungsdatum	11.03.2017
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	171 x 246 mm
Gewicht	764 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-878892-4 / 0198788924
ISBN-13	978-0-19-878892-8 / 9780198788928
Zustand	Neuware