“Morals and ethics and law, oh my!” – an historical perspective on the aba model rules of professional conduct

• Authors: Dennis A. Rendleman
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses the tensions between moral obligations, ethical rules and legal requirements contained within the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conducts by reviewing the history and evolution of the Model Rules and the conflicting societal purposes served by the Rules regarding client protection, attorney regulation, jurisprudential philosophy and social justice. Equally important is a discussion of the parallel development of attorney discipline.

Keywords

EN

Law; Ethics; Morality; Professional Responsibility; Model Code; ABA Canons; Model Rules

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1-23

Dates

published

2013-12-01

online

2014-02-27

Contributors

author

Dennis A. Rendleman

• Ethics Counsel American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility (USA)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/bjlp-2013-0009