Legal Services Lawyers and the Influence of Third Parties on the Lawyer-Client Relationship: Some Thoughts From Scholars, Practitioners, and Courts

Legal and Ethical Principles of Lawyer Interference in the Criminal Procedure Process

Background: Advocacy is one of the most important institutions that can play a constructive role in the process of achieving justice. The presence of a lawyer in judicial trials will greatly facilitate the discovery of the truth and the prevention of encroachments and violations of citizens' rights. The necessity and importance of the right of defense have made it possible for advanced legal an...

Essay Legal Ethics as “political Moralism” or the Morality of Politics

As a law student with some background in moral philosophy and applied ethics, naturally I was drawn to thinking about the big ethical questions facing lawyers. “Read Lawyers and Justice, by David Luban,”1 my legal ethics seminar professor suggested. I did, and I was immediately hooked. Lawyers and Justice was a powerfully argued, elegant, and persuasive refutation of the view that the obligatio...

The Influence of Third Parties on the Lawyer-Client Relationship

The Flood of U.S. Lawyers: Natural Fluctuation or Professional Climate Change?

This paper considers how US courts, which regulate the US legal profession, should respond to the perceived excess of lawyers (i.e. to the lack of adequate employment opportunities for lawyers). It begins by summarizing the courts’ regulatory role. It then situates the contemporary flood-of-lawyers problem in the unavailability of well-paid legal work, not in the absence of a need for lawyers’ ...

Cultural Frame and Translation of Pronominal Adverbs in Legal English

This paper explores the relationship between cultural knowledge and the specific meaning of a pronominal adverb in legal English where Chinese translators need to get the correct translation in their venture into translating the language of law. On the one hand, relying on the relevant legal cultural knowledge functioning as domain-general reference within a community or jurisdiction, tra...