Ethics in practice : lawyers' roles, responsibilities, and regulation / edited by Deborah L. Rhode.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Law and ethics -- United States.

1. Ethics in practice

I. Public responsibilities in professional practice: 2. The law as a profession

3. Why lawyers can't just be hired guns

II. Ethical theory, ethical rules, and ethical conduct: 4. Moral thinking in management: an essential capability

5. Law practice and the limits of moral philosophy

6. The ethics of wrongful obedience

III. Adversarial premises and pathologies: 7. The limits of adversarial ethics

8. Ethics in litigation: rhetoric of crisis, realities of practice

IV. Client interests and professional obligations: 9. Lawyer advice and client autonomy: Mrs Jones's case

10. In hell there will be lawyers without clients or law

V. Personal identities and professional values: 11. Beyond "bleached out" professionalism: defining professional responsibility for real professionals

12. Contested identities: task forces on gender, race, and ethnic bias and the obligations of the legal profession

13. Cultures of commitment: pro bono for lawyers and law students.

Includes index.

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xvi, 294 p.