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Look Inside Parker and Evans's Inside Lawyers' Ethics

Parker and Evans's Inside Lawyers' Ethics

4th Edition

NZD$113.95 inc GST

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Authors:
Vivien Holmes, Australian National University, Canberra
Francesca Bartlett, University of Queensland

Date Published: January 2023
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9781009045636

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Parker and Evans's Inside Lawyers' Ethics provides a practical and engaging introduction to ethical decision-making in legal practice in Australia. Underpinned by four theoretical concepts – adversarial advocacy, responsible lawyering, moral activism and ethics of care – this text analyses legal and professional frameworks, highlighting relevant parts of the Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules. Case studies and discussion questions offer contemporary, practical examples of the application of ethics. The book also addresses the challenge of ethical action and offers techniques to deal with ethical conflicts.This edition has been comprehensively updated and discusses the implications of advances in legal technology, mental ill-health in the profession and the complexities of government legal practice. A new chapter covers lawyers' ethical obligation to address the legal challenges posed by climate change. Written by an expert author team, Parker and Evans's Inside Lawyers' Ethics empowers readers to identify ethical challenges and resolve them through good decision-making practices.
- New chapter (10) Lawyers' Ethics in the Anthropocene focuses on the work of lawyers in addressing climate change and environmental damage
- Introduces more practical applications while maintaining the 4-lawyer-types taxonomy
- Introduces new, and updated existing cases with more analysis, context and guidance addressing principles and practice
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Product details
- Edition: 4th Edition
- Date Published: January 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009045636
- length: 420 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.695kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: values in practice
2. Approaches to ethical lawyering
3. Professionalism and the regulation of lawyers' ethics
4. Confidentiality: boundaries and disclosure
5. Ethics in criminal justice
6. Ethical challenges in civil dispute resolution
7. Conflicting loyalties
8. Lawyers' fees and costs: communicating well with clients and avoiding overcharging
9. Corporate and government lawyers
10. Lawyers' ethics in the Anthropocene
11. Conclusion: values and legal professionalism.
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Authors
Vivien Holmes, Australian National University, Canberra
Vivien Holmes is a Professor in the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University.
Francesca Bartlett, University of Queensland
Francesca Bartlett is an Associate Professor in the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland.