Table of Contents:
  • 1. A crisis in legal ethics
  • 2. The law - a business rather than a profession
  • 3. Access to justice
  • 4. Immunity from suit
  • 5. professional responsibility of lawyers
  • 6. Wasted cost
  • 7. Confidentiality and legal professionals privilege
  • 8. Conflicts of interest and Chinese walls
  • 9. Self-regulation and discipline in the profession
  • 10. Ethics of the criminal process
  • 11. Alternative dispute resolution
  • 12. Epilogue