The Ethics of Representing Organizations Legal Fictions for Clients

by Susan J. Martyn, Lawrence Fox, Lawrence J. Fox

Whether a company, organization, entity, family business, a publicly held corporation, non-profit, or even the government, the legal representation of an organization is rarely as straightforward as representing a single person. The client in such cases is a construct-a legal fiction-that often operates through many individuals with different roles, views, and interests, and therefore requires an attorney to consider any number of special professional-responsibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195371542
• ISBN13: 9780195371543
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages