| Description |
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: 2.5.Questions new lawyers can ask law firms when assessing their worth -- 2.6.Inside the ideal commercial law firm -- 2.7.The regulation of not-so-good lawyering -- 2.8.Uniform Conduct Rules (UCR) -- 3.Values, ethics and virtue in lawyering -- 3.1.Inside the law: First do no harm? -- 3.2.Do we have a choice about our behaviour? -- 3.3.The legal limit: Why ̀law' and ̀rules' are not enough to produce good lawyering -- 3.4.Determining a priority between law and ethics -- 3.5.General morality: The three major systems of ethical thought -- 3.6.Understanding general morality through the distinctions between the ethics of duty and virtue ethics -- 3.7.Conclusion: Strengthening our self-respect -- 4.Connecting character to lawyers' roles -- 4.1.Introduction: Character-laden law -- 4.2.Strengthening underlying character -- 4.3.Connecting with your own sense of general morality -- 4.4.Being and remaining ̀positive' about life as a lawyer -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.5.Why is role morality (zealous advocacy, the dominant legal ethic) so-important for lawyers? -- 4.6.Central criticisms of role morality -- 4.7.Virtue and character as a more stable foundation for modern legal ethics -- 4.8.Identifying virtues -- 4.9.Can virtue ethics stand up to criticism? -- 4.10.Role morality versus the rest: Connecting character and attitudes to positive and preferred lawyer ̀types' -- 4.11.Challenging morality: Large law firms as a special case? -- 4.12.Conclusion -- 5.Truth and deception -- 5.1.Introduction: Tools for analysis -- 5.2.Key issues in truth and deception: Active and passive deceit -- 5.3.Hiding embarrassing documents -- 5.4.Hiding the true purpose of a legal action -- 5.5.Criminal lawyers who ̀know too much' -- 5.6.Evading tax -- 5.7.Conclusion: The possible consequences if caught ̀lying' -- 6.Professional secrets -- 6.1.Introduction: The shrinking world of secrets -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.2.Professional secrecy remains important: Confidentiality and client privilege -- 6.2.1.Confidentiality -- 6.2.2.Client privilege -- 6.3.Keeping quiet -- murder -- 6.4.Keeping quiet -- corruption -- 6.5.Hit-run-hide -- 6.6.Conclusion -- 7.Conflicts of loyalty and interest -- 7.1.Introduction: What is a conflict of interest and why are conflicts so difficult? -- 7.2.An overview of lawyer--client conflicts -- 7.3.Client--client (concurrent) conflict -- 7.4.Acting against former clients -- successive conflicts -- 7.5.Conclusion -- 8.The morality of competence -- 8.1.Introduction: Competence requires morality -- 8.2.Commercialism and competent legal practice -- 8.3.Contract, tort and the advocates' exit clause -- 8.4.Financial competency -- 8.5.Billing and bribery: Challenges to competency -- 8.6.Staying competent -- 8.6.1.Continuing Professional Development (CPD) -- 8.6.2.Artificial Intelligence -- 8.6.3.Specialist accreditation -- 8.6.4.Risk management -- |
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Contents note continued: 8.7.Conclusion: Moral competency and competent morality -- 9.Practical wisdom for lawyers -- 9.1.Introduction: A far greater authority -- 9.2.Strengthening the general morality of legal profession discipline structures -- 9.3.Practical wisdom in regulation -- 9.4.Conclusion: Maintaining physical and moral resilience inside legal workplaces -- Appendix A Self-assessment of legal ethical preferences -- Appendix B Safety nets for lawyers -- B1.Professional Indemnity Insurance -- the ̀back-up' for practitioner negligence -- B2.Professional standards schemes -- B3.Fidelity compensation |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Good legal education -- 1.1.Introduction: Forget money -- 1.2.Types of law degrees -- 1.3.Being good requires more than expertise -- 1.4.Coverage of this book -- 1.5.Identifying ar good law school -- 1.6.Questions to ask your preferred law school -- 1.7.Choosing electives -- 1.8.Essentials in the process of law study -- 1.9.Managing your mental health -- 1.10.A ̀structural' connection between legal education and student health: Rationality but not emotion -- 1.11.After you graduate: Practical legal training (PLT) -- 1.12.Seeking admission to legal practice -- 2.The law practice landscape: choosing to be a ̀good' lawyer in a good law firm -- 2.1.The connection between good lawyering and good legal communities -- 2.2.Common themes in major examples of poor lawyering -- 2.3.Failures of lawyers' regulation, not just of lawyers' character -- 2.4.The ethical environment in different areas of law and types of legal practice -- |
| Summary |
The Good Lawyer explores the ethical and professional challenges that confront people who work in the law - or are considering it - and offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges. This book takes a holistic approach that begins with your innate humanity. It urges you to examine your motives for seeking a career in law, to foster a deep understanding of what it means to be 'good', and to draw on your virtue and judgement when difficult choices arise, rather than relying on compliance with rules or codes. The Good Lawyer analyses four important areas of legal ethics - truth and deception, professional secrets, conflicts of interest, and professional competence - and explains the choices that are available when determining a course of moral action. It links theory to practice, and includes many examples, diagrams and source documents to illustrate ethical concepts, scenarios and decision making |
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Australian |
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Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Law and ethics -- Australia.
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Law and ethics.
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Law -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Lawyers -- Australia.
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Law -- Australia.
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Legal ethics -- Australia.
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Legal ethics.
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Practice of law -- Australia.
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Practice of law.
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| LC no. |
2015372320 |
| ISBN |
1107423430 (paperback) |
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1316057976 |
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9781107423435 |
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9781316057971 |
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(ebook) |
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(ebook) |
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