Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics FROM THE PUBLISHER
Stephen Gillers' popular casebook offers excellent coverage of the full range of professional responsibility issues, illustrated and documented with new and provocative materials, often drawn from recent headlines. REGULATION OF LAWYERS mixes well—edited cases with realistic problems and original source material to help students understand the rules and regulations that will constrain their professional behavior.
The casebook is divided into five parts on:
Client—Lawyer Relationship
Conflicts of Interest
Special Lawyer Roles
Avoiding and Redressing Professional Failure
First Amendment Rights of Lawyers
Gillers examines a wide range of situations, including:
the duty to inform and advise
the autonomy of clients
the rights of clients with diminished capacity
bias in the selection or assignment of counsel
lawyers' moral accountability for their choice of clients
prosecutorial misconduct
Students will confront real—life controversies, such as:ﾽ
The White House Counsel's notes of conversations with Hillary Clinton, subpoenaed by Kenneth Starr
advertising on the internet
Cravath's representation of Credit Suisse in connection with allegations against the bank by families of Holocaust victims
Judge Posner's "law and economics" analysis of bar admission rules
This scrupulous revision also features new or enhanced material on:
the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers
client identity issues
fees
court—imposed sanctions
use of experts in malpractice actions
sexual relations with clients
REGULATION OF LAWERS is part of a thorough teaching package that includes a revised Teacher's Manual,featuring six complete case histories, and a new Statutory Supplement.
SYNOPSIS
Noting that legal ethics is about professional safety as much as morals, Gillers (New York U. School of Law) presents the new edition of a casebook on the rules that govern lawyers in American jurisprudence. Separate sections address the client-lawyer relationship, conflicts of interest, special roles, avoiding and redressing professional failure, and first amendment rights of lawyers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Noting that legal ethics is about professional safety as much as morals, Gillers (New York U. School of Law) presents the new edition of a casebook on the rules that govern lawyers in American jurisprudence. Separate sections address the client-lawyer relationship, conflicts of interest, special roles, avoiding and redressing professional failure, and first amendment rights of lawyers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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