Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
6-2018
ISBN
9781634605113
Abstract
As the legal profession undergoes structural changes, longstanding principles of ethics still govern the day-to-day lives of practicing lawyers. This new Hornbook on professional responsibility provides both a snapshot of ongoing systemic changes and a thorough examination of the fundamentals of lawyer and judicial ethics. As a multi-dimensional work by scholarly experts in several fields, the Hornbook (1) begins with the changing environment in which legal services are provided in the modern economy; (2) continues with a theoretical grounding of legal ethics in moral philosophy; (3) offers empirical evidence and discussion about professional formation and moral development; (4) provides a comprehensive analysis of the law of lawyer ethics; (5) includes a rich discussion of the modern law of legal malpractice, and (6) concludes with exploration of the rules of judicial ethics.
Publisher
West Academic Publishing
Recommended Citation
Gregory C. Sisk, Susan S. Fortney, Charles G. Geyh, Neil W. Hamilton, William D. Henderson, Vincent R. Johnson, Katherine R. Kruse, Stephen L. Pepper & Melissa H. Weresh,
Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession
(2018).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1939