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Jonathan Herring provides a clear and engaging overview of legal ethics, highlighting the ethical issues surrounding professional conduct and raising interesting questions about how lawyers act and what their role entails. Key topics, such as confidentiality and fees, are covered with references throughout to the professional codes of conduct

Preface --Introduction to legal ethics --Sources and application of legal ethics rules --Beginning and ending the lawyer-client relationship --Advertising and solicitation --Attorney fees and fiduciary duties --Competence, diligence, and unauthorized practice --Confidential information --Candor --Fairness in litigation --Bias in (and out of) the courtroom --Conflicts of interest : lawyers, clients, and third parties --Conflicts of interest : conflicts between two clients --Lawyers in law firms and specialized practice areas --Judicial conduct.

This volume reviews and takes stock of legal ethics, at a time when the legal profession globally is experiencing considerable change and challenges, through a re-evaluation of writings that are in some way foundational to the field. This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of legal ethics theory.