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Professional Responsibility In An Uncertain Profession: Legal Ethics In China, Judith A. Mcmorrow Jun 2015

Professional Responsibility In An Uncertain Profession: Legal Ethics In China, Judith A. Mcmorrow

Akron Law Review

This essay starts with two simple questions: Why do law schools in China have so little discussion of legal ethics? Why do students not press or seek more discussion of this topic? The essay then looks at the creation of norms of legal ethics from a topdown perspective and the inadequacy of that approach. Both a bottomup and top-down examination identify the tremendous challenges facing the Chinese emerging legal culture in building a coherent model of lawyering that can serve as the foundation for a system of legal ethics. This essay is intended as a contribution to the growing English …


Reflections On The Current Drive Toward Greater Legalization In China, Victor H. Li May 2015

Reflections On The Current Drive Toward Greater Legalization In China, Victor H. Li

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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