Alternative Perspectives on Lawyers and Legal Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

Reimagining the Profession
Redaktion: Mortensen, Reid; Tranter, Kieran; Bartlett, Francesca

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book features important contributions taking contemporary and non-mainstream perspectives on legal ethics and the legal profession. The volume provides insights into legal culture and ethics in a range of countries and makes connections between countries providing valuable insights into developments in the profession at the local and global level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136937408
• Artikelnr.: 42983828

Autorenporträt

Reid Mortensen is Professor of Law at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Francesca Bartlett is a Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia. Kieran Tranter is a Senior Lecturer and Managing Editor of the Griffith Law Review at Griffith University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction, Francesca Bartlett, Reid Mortensen and Kieran Tranter 2.
Global Continental Shifts to a New Governance Paradigm in Lawyer Regulation
and Consumer Protection: Riding the Wave, Judith L. Maute 3. Our Common
Future: The Imperative for Contextual Ethics in a Connected World, Vivien
Holmes and Simon Rice 4. The Emperor's New Clothes: From Atticus Finch to
Denny Crane, Paula Baron 5. Doing Good by Stealth: Professional Ethics and
Moral Choices in The Verdict and Regarding Henry, Rachel Spencer 6.
Solicitors as Imagined Masculine, Family Mediators as Fictive Feminine and
the Hybridization of Divorce Solicitors, Lisa Webley 7. Stein's Ethic of
Care: An Alternative Perspective to Reflections on Women Lawyering,
Elizabeth Gachenga 8. Gender, Ethics and the Discretion Not to Prosecute in
the 'Interests of Justice' Under The Rome Statute for the International
Criminal Court, Tina Dolgopol 9. Exploring the Potential of Contextual
Ethics in Mediation, Rachael Field 10. Nefarious Conduct and the 'Fit and
Proper Person' Test, Duncan Webb 11. Legal Ethics and Regulatory
Legitimacy: Regulating Lawyers for Personal Misconduct, Alice Woolley 12.
The Problem of Mental Ill-Health in the Profession and a Suggested
Solution, Michelle Sharp