Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader

by Robert W. Gordon

Book Overview

Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice broadens the discussion on legal ethics by first introducing the historical and theoretical background and then connecting it to real world issues while addressing lawyers' ethical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814716407
• ISBN13: 9780814716403
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"