Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2440/70475
Citations | ||
Scopus | Web of Science® | Altmetric |
---|---|---|
?
|
?
|
Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Testing times: in-house counsel and independence |
Author: | Le Mire, S. |
Citation: | Legal Ethics, 2011; 14(1):21-47 |
Publisher: | Hart Publishing Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 1460-728X 1757-8450 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Suzanne Le Mire |
Abstract: | Independence has long been seen as a key to ethical lawyering. It is associated with improving the quality of legal work, and promoting advice that aligns the client's interests with the 'set of general social norms'. It is seen as so important that it 'defines the lawyer as a professional'. Yet lawyers' independence also presents some difficulties. Despite the exhortations in its favour over many years, the term remains vague and under-developed. Without a clear concept of what is being sought, it is difficult to ascertain what value can be given to it, and what techniques of regulation can be used to encourage it. The process becomes a fairly unproductive one of examining lawyers for traits of independence and failing to find any. This has led more than one commentator to doubt the value of independence as a way of considering legal practice |
Keywords: | lawyers in-house counsel professional responsibility ethics independence |
Rights: | © Hart Publishing |
DOI: | 10.5235/146072811796373014 |
Description (link): | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=244925702612925;res=IELHSS |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/146072811796373014 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Law publications |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
RA_hdl_70475.pdf Restricted Access | Restricted Access | 151.93 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.