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Lawyers' ethics and the pursuit of social justice : a critical reader

Offers discussion on legal ethics by introducing the historical and theoretical background and then connecting it to real world issues while addressing lawyers' ethical obligations to work for social justice. This book features differing critical approaches and opens up fresh avenues of ethical debate.
Print Book, English, ©2005
New York University Press, New York, ©2005
xvi, 423 pages ; 24 cm.
9780814716397, 9780814716403, 0814716393, 0814716407
58457105
Theories of professional regulation
Historical perspectives
Historical case studies
Clinical approaches
Critical theories
Legal ethics exploration through literature, myth, and popular culture
Legal ethics and religious commitment
Future challenges : corporate power and lawyers' counseling role