Problems in Legal Ethics (American Casebook Series) [Hardcover]

Mortimer D. Schwartz (Author), Richard C. Wydick (Author), Rex R. Perschbacher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997 | ISBN-10: 0314211489 | ISBN-13: 978-0314211484 | Edition: 4th

This book is intended for use in law school courses that teach the fundamentals of legal ethics. The book is to be used in conjunction with the current edition of West's Professional Responsibility Standards, Rules & Statutes, which contains the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility, the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, and other relevant material.

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Mortimer D. Schwartz, Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of California, Davis; Richard C. Wydick, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis; Rex R. Perschbacher, Dean and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 410 pages
• Publisher: West Group; 4th edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0314211489
• ISBN-13: 978-0314211484
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,003,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Textbook, but reading a Rule Book is more Helpful, December 12, 2007

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Wrench (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Problems in Legal Ethics (Hardcover)

Normally a law school text book is filled with case after case. Well for those of you who hate reading case after case, then this is the book for you.

On average there is only 1 case per chapter, with the remainder of the chapter devoted to ABA opinions and or Law review articles. While the articles are insightful, they really don't give you any more of an understanding of the ABA Rules, than just reading the rules with the commentary. What is good about this text, however, are the discussion problems at the beginning of the chapter and the multiple choice problems at the end of each chapter. These problems will help you better understand and think about the ABA Model rules.

Overall the book isn't too bad, but you if you have a copy of the ABA rules along with the commentary then this book becomes worthless for the most part.

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and Approachable, May 23, 2009

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This review is from: Problems in Legal Ethics (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

This is a better than average casebook, with multiple choice questions and answers, on point cases, good commentary and a writing style that can be approached by the layperson. It is almost worth taking a look through or a read if you regularly engage lawyers, are involved in a lawsuit, or are thinking of doing so. You will learn a lot, and better understand the whats and whys of the ethics of legal practice.