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Lawyers in Australia

John Littrich, Karina Murray (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

496 Seiten

2019 | 4th Revised edition
Federation Press (Verlag)
978-1-76002-212-9 (ISBN)

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Lawyers in Australia is a wide-ranging and detailed examination of the legal profession and its ethical framework. It contextualises the role, responsibilities and ethics of lawyers in contemporary Australian society and discusses recent trends and issues. It has continued to be a popular text for the teaching of legal ethics courses since the first edition was published in 2007./n/nIts detailed examination of the legal profession, its make-up and its ethical framework, access to justice and consideration of future issues confronting the legal profession, all make it of interest and relevance to academic, student and practitioner alike./nKey changes to the new edition include:

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revised structure with content about the ethical, professional and sociological aspects of the legal profession organised into easily identifiable sections;
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updated and expanded use of case law including cases decided in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform Law;
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up-to-date coverage of the various legislative regimes that regulate entry to the profession and the conduct of those within it;
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refreshed commentary on the delivery and regulation of legal education, the development of a national legal profession and future issues facing the profession; and
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revised teaching resources in the form of updated discussion and research questions relating to each chapter.
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Acknowledgments About the Authors Table of Cases Table of Statutes

Prologue

Part I: The Legal Profession
1. Lawyers 2. Legal Education in Australia 3. Legal Culture 4. The Judiciary

Part II: The Ethical Context
5. Ethics, Values and Professionalism 6. Regulating "the Profession" in Australia 7. Admission to the Profession 8. Conduct, Complaints and Discipline

Part III: The Professional Context
9. The Lawyer-Client Relationship - The Retainer 10.The Lawyer-Client Relationship - Costs and the Duty to Account 11. The Lawyer-Client Relationship - The Duty to Advise 12. The Lawyer-Client Relationship - The Duty of Competence 13. The Lawyer-Client Relationship - The Duty of Loyalty 14. The Lawyer's Duty to the Court and the Proper Administration of Justice 15. The Lawyer's Duty to Other Members of the Profession and to Third Parties

Part IV: The Sociological Context
16. Access to Justice - Meeting the Costs 17. Access to Justice - Equality Before the Law 18. Access to Justice - Indigenous Australians

Epilogue

The Monash Survey Results
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2019
Verlagsort	Annandale, NSW
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
ISBN-10	1-76002-212-8 / 1760022128
ISBN-13	978-1-76002-212-9 / 9781760022129
Zustand	Neuware