Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- APRL (1)
- CCJ (1)
- California ATILS (1)
- Common law (1)
- Contemporary judicial morality (1)
-
- Ethical conduct (1)
- Etworks (1)
- Global networks (1)
- History of Legal Ethics (1)
- Impartiality (1)
- International Association of Legal Ethics (1)
- International Bar Association (1)
- International Conference of Legal Regulators (1)
- Judges (1)
- Judicial decision-making (1)
- Judicial ethical code (1)
- Judicial ethics (1)
- Judicial fairness (1)
- Judicial impartiality (1)
- Judicial morality (1)
- Judiciary (1)
- Juries (1)
- Jurist (1)
- Jury (1)
- Justice (1)
- Law Society of England and Wales (1)
- Lawyer regulation (1)
- Lawyers' Professional Responsibility (1)
- Legal Education (1)
- Legal Ethics Education (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Law
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall—Biased Impartiality, Appearances, And The Need For Recusal Reform, Zygmont A. Pines
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall—Biased Impartiality, Appearances, And The Need For Recusal Reform, Zygmont A. Pines
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
The article focuses on a troubling aspect of contemporary judicial morality.
Impartiality—and the appearance of impartiality—are the foundation of judicial decision-making, judicial morality, and the public’s trust in the rule of law. Recusal, in which a jurist voluntarily removes himself or herself from participating in a case, is a process that attempts to preserve and promote the substance and the appearance of judicial impartiality. Nevertheless, the traditional common law recusal process, prevalent in many of our state court systems, manifestly subverts basic legal and ethical norms.
Today’s recusal practice—whether rooted in unintentional hypocrisy, wishful thinking, or a pathological cognitive dissonance— …
Lawyer Regulation Stakeholder Networks And The Global Diffusion Of Ideas, Laurel S. Terry
Lawyer Regulation Stakeholder Networks And The Global Diffusion Of Ideas, Laurel S. Terry
Faculty Scholarly Works
This Article is a companion article to Laurel S. Terry, Global Networks and the Legal Profession, 53 Akron L. Rev. 137 (2019), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3620399. That article explained why global networks are useful for lawyers and the clients they represent, introduced some of the scientific literature about networks, cited prior literature about (mostly domestic) legal profession networks, and then identified ways in which lawyers and their employers, including law firms, participate in global legal profession networks, as well as domestic networks.
This Article focuses on a subset of global legal profession networks, which are the global networks of lawyer regulation stakeholders. Section …
A Survey Of Legal Ethics Education In Law Schools, Laurel S. Terry
A Survey Of Legal Ethics Education In Law Schools, Laurel S. Terry
Faculty Contributions to Books
This book chapter, which was published in 2000, provides an overview of legal ethics education in U.S. law schools. Since 1974, legal ethics instruction has been required in law schools by the major accrediting body for law schools. The methods by which this requirement has been satisfied vary, but the result is a much richer ethics literature than existed previously and a variety of approaches to the topic. This book chapter begins with an overview of the regulation of U.S. lawyers. The second section discusses the history of the legal ethics course requrirement. This section includes data from surveys published …