Lawyers In The Dock

Author : Richard L. Abel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199772878
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyers in the Dock written by Richard L. Abel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Six detailed accounts of New York lawyers disciplined for neglect, overcharging, and excessive zeal"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Bryan A. Garner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195142365
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to legal style and usage, with practical advice on how to write clear, jargon-free legal prose. Includes style tips as well as definitions.

Author : Richard L. Abel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199760373
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyers on Trial written by Richard L. Abel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People need lawyers for many things, including tax and immigration advice, drafting contracts, preparing wills, buying and selling houses, forming and dissolving companies, and representation and advice during divorce, probate, personal injury and criminal charges. But many people do not trust lawyers. With good reason, they fear that lawyers will neglect or overcharge them, betray them out of self-interest or on behalf of others, or obstruct the pursuit of justice out of overzealousness. Although the legal profession drafts ethical rules, law schools teach those rules, the bar exam tests lawyers' knowledge, and disciplinary bodies enforce them, we know that violations by lawyers are all too common. Lawyers on Trial: Understanding Ethical Misconduct by California Attorneys, by Richard L. Abel, presents six dramatic accounts of California lawyers who betrayed their clients and the legal system. Through the detailed records of the disciplinary proceedings, it examines some of the most common complaints about lawyers: chasing ambulances, charging excessive fees, violating conflict of interest rules, and displaying excessive zeal. These complex and compelling dramas serve to make the ethical rules, and the temptations they seek to curb, come vividly alive for law students, lawyers, those thinking of becoming lawyers, anyone who has been or might some day be a client, and the general public. The lessons to be drawn from these situations can help the legal profession and the public devise better strategies for ensuring that lawyers abide by the rules.

Author : Leslie C. Levin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226475158
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyers in Practice written by Leslie C. Levin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently, efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers face in legal practice. The first book to present empirical research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration, and divorce law, Lawyers in Practice fills a substantial gap in the existing literature. Following an introduction emphasizing the increasing importance of understanding context in the legal profession, contributions focus on ethical dilemmas ranging from relatively narrow ethical issues to broader problems of professionalism, including the prosecutor’s obligation to disclose evidence, the management of conflicts of interest, and loyalty to clients and the court. Each chapter details the resolution of a dilemma from the practitioner’s point of view that is, in turn, set within a particular community of practice. Timely and practical, this book should be required reading for law students as well as students and scholars of law and society.

Author : Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190217227
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trouble with Lawyers written by Deborah L. Rhode and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble. Americans' trust in lawyers is at a low, and many members of the profession wish they had chosen a different path. Law schools, with their endlessly rising tuitions, are churning out too many graduates for the jobs available. Yet despite the glut of lawyers, the United States ranks 67th (tied with Uganda) of 97 countries in access to justice and affordability of legal services. The upper echelons of the legal establishment remain heavily white and male. Most problematic of all, the professional organizations that could help remedy these concerns instead jealously protect their prerogatives, stifling necessary innovation and failing to hold practitioners accountable. Deborah Rhode's The Trouble with Lawyers is a comprehensive account of the challenges facing the American bar. She examines how the problems have affected (and originated within) law schools, firms, and governance institutions like bar associations; the impact on the justice system and access to lawyers for the poor; and the profession's underlying difficulties with diversity. She uncovers the structural problems, from the tyranny of law school rankings and billable hours to the lack of accountability and innovation built into legal governance-all of which do a disservice to lawyers, their clients, and the public. The Trouble with Lawyers is a clear call to fix a profession that has gone badly off the rails, and a source of innovative responses.

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Total Pages : 1368 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyers' Reports Annotated written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1308 pages
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Download or read book The Lawyers Reports Annotated written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1034 pages
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Download or read book The Lawyers Reports Annotated, Book 1-70 written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Mulcahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136862188
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legal Architecture written by Linda Mulcahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal Architecture addresses how the environment of the trial can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice. It provides an alternative account of the trial, which charts the troubled history of notions of due process and participation. In contrast to visions of judicial space as neutral, Linda Mulcahy argues that understanding the factors that determine the internal design of the courthouse and courtroom are crucial to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the trial. Partitioning of the courtroom into zones and the restriction of movement within it are the result of turf wars about who can legitimately participate in the legal arena and call the judiciary to account. The gradual containment of the public, the increasing amount of space allocated to advocates, and the creation of dedicated space for journalists and the jury, all have complex histories that deserve attention. But these issues are not only of historical significance. Across jurisdictions, questions are now being asked about the internal configurations of the courthouse and courtroom, and whether standard designs meet the needs of modern participatory democracies: including questions about the presence and design of the modern dock; the ways in which new technologies threaten to change the dynamics of the trial and lead to the dematerialization of our primary site of adversarial practice; and the extent to which courthouses are designed in ways which realise their professed status as public spaces. This fascinating and original reflection on legal architecture will be of interest to socio-legal or critical scholars working in the field of legal geography, legal history, criminology, legal systems, legal method, evidence, human rights and architecture.

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Total Pages : 2304 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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