Title: The law and ethics of lawyering /
Authors: Hazard, Geoffrey C., 1929-; Hazard, Geoffrey C., 1929-
Publisher: Foundation Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Legal ethics United States Cases.; Lawyers United States Discipline Cases.
Abstract: Extensively revised and updated, The Law and Ethics of Lawyering provides an overview of the ethics of practicing law and discusses relevant provisions of the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers. Many segments of the book are substantially enhanced, including the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege, disclosure of client identity, client fraud on third persons or on a tribunal, regulation of excessive fees, the role of the government lawyer, responsibilities of the lawyer for a class, form-of-practice restrictions, regulation of multi-state and international practice, and choice of law in a multi-state practice.
Contents: 1. Relationship of law, lawyers and ethics -- 2. Conformity to the law -- 3. Corporate fraud and lawyer action -- 4. Confidentiality -- 5. Conflicts of interest -- 6. Who is the client? -- 7. Litigation and negotiation -- 8. Lawyer-client relationship -- 9. Competence -- 10. Law, lawyers and justice -- 11. The structure of legal practice.