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020 _a9781509957026
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020 _z9781509957033
_q(softback)
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024 7 _a10.5040/9781509957026
_2doi
035 _a(OCoLC)1290324437
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050 4 _aK123
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100 1 _aWhelan, Christopher,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLawyers, power, and responsibility :
_bbodyguards of lies /
_cChristopher Whelan.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aLondon [England] :
_bHart Publishing,
_c2022
264 2 _a[London, England] :
_bBloomsbury Publishing,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource (432 pages).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aPart A: Setting the Scene -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Justifying the Lawyer's Role - 'Hired Guns' and/or 'Heroes'? -- 3. Lawyers: A Divided Loyalty? Part B: Strategies to Protect the Truth -- 4. Keeping Confidentiality -- 5. The Lecture: Lying with the Law -- 6. The Inconvenient Truth: Selective Ignorance and Wilful Blindness -- 007. Licence to Lie -- 8. Exploring Outer Space and the Limits of Law -- 9. Creative Compliance: Legal Means Ethical -- 10. The Sword of Truth and the Dagger of Deceit - Lying with the Truth -- 11. The Smoking Gun -- 12. A Sporting Chance: Courtroom Tactics in a Criminal Context -- 13. Effective Advocacy -- 14. Courting the Court of Public Opinion Part C: Bodyguard Ethics -- 15. The Slippery Slope? -- 16. Ethical Discretion Part D: Conclusion -- 17. The Power and Responsibility of Lawyers as Bodyguards of Lies
506 _aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
520 _a"This book uses real-world examples, case studies, and commentary from practitioners to reveal the many and varied strategies American and English lawyers use to protect truth. It shows how they tackle their conflicting duties, and highlights the 'tragic choices' lawyers everywhere routinely make through their 'power of decision'. What emerges are new ways of understanding the critical role lawyers play in society - and their professional responsibilities. 'Truth is so precious it should always be protected by a bodyguard of lies.' Churchill said this about wartime deception plans, but lawyers' clients may think their truth - especially an 'inconvenient truth' - is so precious it too should be protected. Lawyers are 'bodyguards of lies' when they use so-called 'tricks of the trade' not only to keep clients' secrets but to construct a reality that is far from real. But should they? Lawyers have a divided loyalty. The book presents a unique and fascinating account of what happens when lawyers' duties to clients conflict with their duties to the legal system, and looks in detail at the ethical codes and laws that regulate their conduct."--
_cProvided by publisher.
532 0 _aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0 _aLegal ethics
_zEngland.
650 0 _aLegal ethics
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zEngland.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zUnited States.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781509957033
856 4 0 _3Abstract with links to full text
_uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781509957026?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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975 _aHart Publishing 2022
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