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Movement Lawyers: The Tension Between Solidarity And Independence, Catherine Fisk
Movement Lawyers: The Tension Between Solidarity And Independence, Catherine Fisk
Indiana Law Journal
Seeking to engage with scholars and activists who call for lawyer solidarity with social movements, this Essay considers professional ethics constraints on what a lawyer can justifiably do on behalf of clients in the name of solidarity with a movement. I consider whether the concept of solidarity, especially solidarity in the face of legal repression, justifies a movement lawyer in using tactics that would otherwise be grounds for legal prosecution, professional discipline, or moral condemnation. Drawing on the long history of legal repression of progressive activism, including repression of progressive lawyers, this Essay proposes a way to think about lawyers …
A Behavioral Theory Of Legal Ethics, Andrew M. Perlman
A Behavioral Theory Of Legal Ethics, Andrew M. Perlman
Indiana Law Journal
Behavioral insights have informed many areas of law, including the field of professional responsibility. Those insights, however, have had only a modest effect on the foundational theories of legal ethics, even though those theories are, at their core, prescriptions about human behavior. The reality is that lawyers’ conduct cannot be understood, theorized about, or used to produce the best possible regulations without an appreciation for the limits on human rationality and objectivity. A behavioral theory of legal ethics offers a way to incorporate those realties into the foundational debates on a lawyer’s professional role so that scholars can produce more …
Lawyers As Nonlawyers In Child-Custody And Visitation Cases: Questions From The "Legal Ethics" Perspective, Bruce A. Green
Lawyers As Nonlawyers In Child-Custody And Visitation Cases: Questions From The "Legal Ethics" Perspective, Bruce A. Green
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Law and the New American Family Held at Indiana University School of Law Apr. 4, 1997
An Essay On The Regulation Of The Legal Profession And The Future Of Lawyer's Characters, Patrick L. Baude
An Essay On The Regulation Of The Legal Profession And The Future Of Lawyer's Characters, Patrick L. Baude
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals, By Karl N. Llewellyn, James L. Magrish
The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals, By Karl N. Llewellyn, James L. Magrish
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Legal Ethics, By Henry S. Drinker, Verner F. Chaffin
Legal Ethics, By Henry S. Drinker, Verner F. Chaffin
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Fiduciaries-Corporate And Lawyers, Julius Henry Cohen
Fiduciaries-Corporate And Lawyers, Julius Henry Cohen
Indiana Law Journal
An address delivered to the Indiana State Bar Association at Indianapolis, January 16, 1932.
A Lawyer Tells The Truth, By Morris Gisnet, Daniel James
A Lawyer Tells The Truth, By Morris Gisnet, Daniel James
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.