Document Type
Article
Repository Date
2010
Keywords
legal ethics, ethical theory, attorney-client confidentiality, professional ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Model Code, Lawyers' Code of Conduct
Subject Categories
Law | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Abstract
This article presents a picture of each of the three theoretical models—autonomy, socialist, and deontological—and indicates how they differ from one another in their application to some aspects of attorney-client confidentiality, one of the most hotly debated topics of professional ethics.
Repository Citation
D'Amato, Anthony and Eberle, Edward J., "Three Models of Legal Ethics" (2010). Faculty Working Papers. 73.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/73
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