本書是美國關于律師職業規范的著作，作者是有淵博知識和豐富實踐經驗的著名教授，在法學界享有盛譽。作者詳細論述了客戶和律師的關系、專業律師的作用、如何避免和補救執業失敗、憲法及時修正案對律師的言論自由和提供法律服務的保護等問題。作者不僅選取了大量典型案例和相關材料對其進行了合理編排，而且加入了自己的深層思索。是研究美國律師制度、司法制度的必備參考書，對中國律師及有志于從事律師職業的青年學子有重要的參考價值。
加入世界貿易組織表明我國經濟發展進入了一個新的發展時代——一個國際化商業時代。商業與法律的人才流動將全球化，評介人才標準將國際化，教育必須與世界發展同步。商業社會早已被馬克思描繪成為一架復雜與精巧的機器，維持這架機器運行的是法律。法律不僅僅是關于道德與公理的原則，也不單單是說理論道的公平教義，還是具有可操作性的精細的具體專業技術。
Contents
Why It Matters:A Preface for Students……And My Casbook "Philosophy"
Acknowledgments
A Word About Case Editing
Chapter 1 Where Do "Ethics"Rules Come From?
Part One
THE CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 2 Defining the Client-Lawyer Relationship
Chapter 3 Protecting the Client-Lawyer Relationship Against Outside Interference
Chapter 4 Financing Legal Services
Part Two
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 5 Concurrent Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 6 Successive Conflicts of Interest
Part Three
SPECIAL LAWYER ROLES
Chapter 7 Ethics in Advocacy
Chapter 8 Real Evidence
Chapter 9 Lawyers for Entities
Chapter 10 Negotiation and Transactional Matters
Chapter 11 Judges
Part Four
AVOIDING AND REDRESSING PROFESSIONAL FAILURE
Chapter 12 Control of Quality:Reducing the Likelihood of Professional Failure
Chapter 13 Control of Quality:Lay Participation in Law Business
Part Five
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF LAWYERS
Chapter 14 Free Speech Rights of Lawyers
Chapter 15 Marketing Legal Services
Table of Cases
Table of Code,Rules,and Restatement Provisions
Index
