The Good Lawyer
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The Good Lawyer

A Student Guide to Law and Ethics

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The Good Lawyer

A Student Guide to Law and Ethics

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About This Book

The Good Lawyer explores the ethical and professional challenges that confront people who work in the law - or are considering it - and offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges. This book takes a holistic approach that begins with your innate humanity. It urges you to examine your motives for seeking a career in law, to foster a deep understanding of what it means to be 'good', and to draw on your virtue and judgement when difficult choices arise, rather than relying on compliance with rules or codes. The Good Lawyer analyses four important areas of legal ethics - truth and deception, professional secrets, conflicts of interest, and professional competence - and explains the choices that are available when determining a course of moral action. It links theory to practice, and includes many examples, diagrams and source documents to illustrate ethical concepts, scenarios and decision making.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781316057971
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Law Theory & Practice
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Figures and Diagrams
  8. Tables
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Chapter 1 Good legal education
  12. Chapter 2 The law practice landscape: Choosing to be a ‘good’ lawyer in a good law firm
  13. Chapter 3 Values, ethics and virtue in lawyering
  14. Chapter 4 Connecting character to lawyers’ roles
  15. Chapter 5 Truth and deception
  16. Chapter 6 Professional secrets
  17. Chapter 7 Conflicts of loyalty and interest
  18. Chapter 8 The morality of competence
  19. Chapter 9 Practical wisdom for lawyers
  20. Appendix A Self-assessment of legal ethical preferences [Part 1]
  21. Appendix B Safety nets for lawyers
  22. Index