LLB197 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Legal Ethics, Just Legal, International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
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Lawyers in aus society week 2 the ethical framework. Ethics (cid:862)just legal systems need ethical lawyers(cid:863) julian webb developing ethical lawyers (1999) Law (rules/professional standards) + morality (personal standards and values) = legal ethics. Morals (cid:858)custo(cid:373)s or (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s of a so(cid:272)ial group(cid:859) Legal ethics in middle of law and morality. Ethics is the capacity to chose those values that are meaningful. Legal ethi(cid:272)s is popularl(cid:455) u(cid:374)derstood as (cid:858)professio(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455)(cid:859) Law is commonly a public expression of, and sanction for, the morality of a given society: the law should be continually subject to the scrutiny of ethical critique. A concurrent set of duties owed by the legal practitioner to each client, their paramount duty the court and the administration of justice, and to other practitioners. Lawyers need to adopt an ethical stance as a component of competence. There is no uniform set of rules across australia.
