LAW 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Professional Responsibility, Torte, Main Source
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The role of lawyers and judges the canadian legal system. The role of lawyers in canadian society/the rule of law: how judges are appointed, the canadian court system, sources of law, statutes, common law, precedent. Module 1a: the role of lawyers in canadian society/the rule of law, lawyers have many influential jobs in canadian society, 5/28th prime ministers were not lawyers. Lawyers, whether practice private, government, in-house or research are essential to protection of this principle of democracy: see: canadian anti-terrorism bill, bill c-51. Or ignore that for higher social values: how the butler was made to do it, everyday lawyers find themselves in this conundrum: entire academic study of legal ethics. What do we mean by ethics : lawyers obligations may conflict with each other, balance with clients and obligation to general public, main obligations to clients: (ontario conduct) loyalty, confidentiality, competence. Rule 3. 1-1 of ontario rules of professional conduct.
