The Good Chinese Lawyer

A Student Guide to Law and Ethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The Good Chinese Lawyer explores the ethical and professional challenges that will confront a law student while preparing for life as a lawyer. The book offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges. It urges readers to examine motives for seeking a career in law, to foster a deep understanding of what it means to be 'good' lawyer, and how to draw on virtue and judgment when difficult choices arise, rather than simply relying on rushed compliance with rules or codes. The Good Chinese 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 includesmany diagrams and scenarios to illustrate ethical concepts and good decision-making"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781009208499
• ISBN-10: 1009208497
• Artikelnr.: 64171555

Inhaltsangabe

1. Good legal education
2. The law practice landscape of greater China: Choosing to be a 'good' lawyer in a good law firm
3. Values, ethics and virtue in lawyering
4. Connecting character to lawyers' roles
5. Truth and deception
6. Professional secrets
7. Conflicts of loyalty and interest
8. The morality of competence
9. Practical wisdom for lawyers
Appendix
Index.