This work addresses the professional, legal, and moral constraints that regulate lawyers. It covers the responsibilities of attorneys as representatives of clients, officers of the legal system, and public citizens having special responsibilities for the quality of justice.
Reporter:
Charles W. Wolfram, Cornell Law School
Associate Reporters:
John Leubsdorf, Rutgers University Law School
Thomas D. Morgan, George Washington University Law School
Linda S. Mullenix, The University of Texas School of Law [from 1989 to 1993]
Volume 1, §§ 1-93, contains chapters on Regulation of the Legal Profession; The Client–Lawyer Relationship; Client and Lawyer: The Financial and Property Relationship; Lawyer Civil Liability; Confidential Client Information. Volume 2, §§ 94-135, contains chapters on Representing Clients—In General; Representing Clients in Litigation; and Conflict of Interest.
Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers - Volumes 1 and 2
Hardbound | 1R3LGLOTK | 2000 | 676/602 pages | $195.00
Summary of Contents
VOLUME 1
FOREWORD
REPORTERS ' PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter
1. Regulation of the Legal Profession
2. The Client-Lawyer Relationship
3. Client and Lawyer: The Financial and Property Relationship
4. Lawyer Civil Liability
5. Confidential Client Information
VOLUME 2
Chapter
6. Representing Clients-in General
7. Representing Clients in Litigation
8. Conflicts of Interest
Table of Cases
Table of Codes, Rules, and Standards
Parallel Tables of Restatement Third Section Numbers and Annual Meeting Draft Section Numbers
Table of Cross References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index
In the Institute’s Restatement tradition, this authoritative volume combines clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.
The Restatement will be supplemented by Annual Pocket Parts.
ISBN: Volume 1 – 0-314-25122-7, Volume 2 – 0-314-2534-6
A Concise Restatement of The Law Governing Lawyers is a compilation assembled by Vincent R. Johnson of St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, and Susan Saab Fortney of Texas Tech University School of Law. It reproduces all black-letter Sections of the Restatement in full, and each Section is accompanied by relevant commentary. The volume is intended for use in both basic and advanced American law-school courses devoted to professional responsibility, legal ethics, or legal malpractice, either in lieu of a textbook or as supplementary reading.
A Concise Restatement of The Law Governing Lawyers
Softbound | 1CRLGL | 2007 | 395 pages | $25.00
Summary of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Chapter
1. Regulation of the Legal Profession
2. The Client–Lawyer Relationship
3. Client and Lawyer: The Financial and Property Relationship
4. Lawyer Civil Liability
5. Confidential Client Information
6. Representing Clients—In General
7. Representing Clients in Litigation
8. Conflicts of Interest
FGM: 40661125
ISBN: 978- 0-314-97820-2