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Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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Lex Mercatoria And Legal Pluralism: A Late Thirteenth-Century Treatise And Its Afterlife, Daniel Coquillette, Mary Elizabeth Basile, Jane Fair Bestor, Charles Donahue Jr. Dec 1997

Lex Mercatoria And Legal Pluralism: A Late Thirteenth-Century Treatise And Its Afterlife, Daniel Coquillette, Mary Elizabeth Basile, Jane Fair Bestor, Charles Donahue Jr.

Daniel R. Coquillette

Lex Mercatoria is the earliest known treatment of what a later age would call “the law merchant”. This work provides important insights into the legal framework of English commerce in the reign of Edward

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Coherence And Incoherence In Values-Talk, Paul R. Tremblay Dec 1997

Coherence And Incoherence In Values-Talk, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

No abstract provided.

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Stealth Statute – Corruption, The Spending Power, And The Rise Of 18 U.S.C. § 666, George D. Brown Dec 1997

Stealth Statute – Corruption, The Spending Power, And The Rise Of 18 U.S.C. § 666, George D. Brown

George D. Brown

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Faith Through Lawyering: Finding And Doing What Is Mine To Do, Randy Lee Dec 1997

Faith Through Lawyering: Finding And Doing What Is Mine To Do, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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What If ...? The Consequences Of Court Invalidation Of Lawyer-Accountant Multidisciplinary Partnership (Mdp) Bans, Laurel S. Terry, Clasina Houtman Mahoney Dec 1997

What If ...? The Consequences Of Court Invalidation Of Lawyer-Accountant Multidisciplinary Partnership (Mdp) Bans, Laurel S. Terry, Clasina Houtman Mahoney

Laurel S. Terry

This article was written about the lower court decision that led to the European Court of Justice’s Wouters MDP case. It It includes a translation of the lower court decision. It explores the consequences that might occur if a court, such as the Dutch Council of State or the Texas Supreme Court, were to invalidate existing prohibitions on partnerships between lawyers and accountants, which are referred to here as multidisciplinary partnerships or MDPs. The article begins with an overview of the MDP phenomenon. It includes the responses of various bar associations to the MDP phenomenon. It summarizes Wouters et. al …

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