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The No-Contact Rule In Massachusetts Post Messing, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

No abstract provided.

International Parallel Litigation – A Survey Of Conventions And Model Laws, James George

James P. George

No abstract provided.

Moral Activism Manqué, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

Symposium: The Ethics of Litigation

Researching Ethical Issues, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

2002 Supplement to vol. 2

Interviewing And Counseling Across Cultures: Heuristics And Biases, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

Increasingly in recent years, critics and commentators have noted the importance of the role of culture within the lawyering process. Lawyers now understand better than they used to that culture matters in their day to day work with clients, and that not all cultures share the same habits, customs, values, traditions and preferences. This article explores how the reality of cultural diversity might affect some fundamental lawyering practices and models, and specifically the models for interviewing and counseling. In their work, lawyers must take cultural background into consideration expressly, but at the same time they must avoid harmful and unfair …

Shared Norms, Bad Lawyers, And The Virtues Of Casuistry, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

No abstract provided.

Other States Should "Get With The Program" And Follow Louisiana's Lead: An Examination Of Louisiana's Direct Action Statute And Its Application In The Marine Insurance Industry, Jonathan C. Augustine

Jonathan C. Augustine

Generally speaking, an insurance agreement is a contractual obligation between two parties, the insured, who pays a premium for the benefit of coverage, and its insurer, who receives the payment and issues a guarantee against loss. Accordingly, by strict definition, the contract of insurance and the insured’s consequential ability to recover for sustained damages is limited as a two party agreement. The Louisiana legislature has been forward thinking in the field of insurance. The state enacted a “direct action statute,” allowing aggrieved third parties to proceed directly against insurers in either tort or contract, for the recovery of damages, when …

Race, Class, And Legal Ethics In The Early Naacp (1910-1920), Susan D. Carle

Susan D. Carle