Lawyers on Trial

Hired Guns or Heroes?
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5099-7760-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

"Whelan has written a book that anyone interested in the law should queue to buy." - The Times (of the 1st edition)

"A classic work" - Michael Beloff KC, Former President, Trinity College Oxford, Treasurer, Gray's Inn

Lawyers are universally unpopular, but is that justified? Aren't lawyers necessary for justice? This book uses real-world examples, case studies, and commentary from practitioners to answer this question and to reveal the many and varied strategies American and English lawyers use to protect clients. It shows how lawyers tackle their conflicting duties, and highlights the choices lawyers everywhere routinely make through their power of decision.

What emerges are new ways of understanding the critical role lawyers play in society - and their professional responsibilities. This new edition considers the litigation surrounding Donald Trump and the role played by his lawyers. It includes a new chapter on SLAPPs and the way the law is used to advance clients' interests.

This book presents a unique and fascinating account of what happens when lawyers' duties to clients conflict with their duties to the legal system, and looks in detail at the ethical codes and laws that regulate their conduct.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whelan, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Hired Guns or Heroes: The Ethical Conundrum
1. Lawyers' Ethics: Oxymoron or Heart of the Matter?
2. Bodyguards of Lies
3. Virtuous Lying?
4. The Ethical Conundrum

Part II: Tricks of the Trade
5. Squelching Truth
6. The Lecture
7. Turning a Blind Eye
8. Contracts of Silence
9. Private Law-Making
10. Creative Compliance
11. Lawfare: Gaming the System
12. The Sword of Truth and the Dagger of Deceit
13. The Smoking Gun
14. A Sporting Chance? Criminal Trial Tactics
15. Effective Advocacy
16. Courting the Court of Public Opinion

Part III: The Final Verdict
17. The Ethical Compass

Über Autor(innen)

Whelan, Christopher
Christopher Whelan is Barrister at 3PB, a Visiting Professor at Washington & Lee University, a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK.

He was formerly Associate Director of International Law Programmes and Member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. He has taught and visited at the University of Warwick in the UK, the Universities of California at Berkeley, Texas at Austin, South Carolina, Ohio State and, since 1995, Washington & Lee in the United States, and Bucerius Law School in Germany.

Christopher Whelan is Barrister at 3PB, UK, Visiting Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia, USA, a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK.