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Attorney-client confidentiality

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Three Models Of Legal Ethics, Anthony D'Amato, Edward J. Eberle Jan 2010

Three Models Of Legal Ethics, Anthony D'Amato, Edward J. Eberle

Faculty Working Papers

This article presents a picture of each of the three theoretical models—autonomy, socialist, and deontological—and indicates how they differ from one another in their application to some aspects of attorney-client confidentiality, one of the most hotly debated topics of professional ethics.