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The Practice of Justice : A Theory of Lawyers' Ethics.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (264 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674043664
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Practice of JusticeDDC classification:
  • 174.30973
LOC classification:
  • KF300
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Right to Injustice -- 3. Justice in the Long Run -- 4. Should Lawyers Obey the Law? -- 5. Legal Professionalism as Meaningful Work -- 6. Legal Ethics as Contextual Judgememt -- 7. Is Criminal Defense Different? -- 8. Institutionalizing Ethics -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Should a lawyer keep a client's secrets even when disclosure would exculpate a person wrongly accused of a crime? When can lawyers justifiably make procedural maneuvers that defeat substantive rights? Simon offers a fresh look at these and other traditional questions about the ethics of lawyering.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Right to Injustice -- 3. Justice in the Long Run -- 4. Should Lawyers Obey the Law? -- 5. Legal Professionalism as Meaningful Work -- 6. Legal Ethics as Contextual Judgememt -- 7. Is Criminal Defense Different? -- 8. Institutionalizing Ethics -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Should a lawyer keep a client's secrets even when disclosure would exculpate a person wrongly accused of a crime? When can lawyers justifiably make procedural maneuvers that defeat substantive rights? Simon offers a fresh look at these and other traditional questions about the ethics of lawyering.

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