Maintaining the ethic of service [Editorial]


Autoria(s): Stobbs, Nigel
Data(s)

01/08/2014

Resumo

This issue of Precedent is concerned with professional legal ethics. ln my view, professional ethics are rules about how you do your job, based on moral principles. By virtue of the nature of the work they do, the reputation of the institution through which they are admitted to practice (the court), and the consequences that can flow if they act inappropriately or incompetently, lawyers are under constant scrutiny in all aspects of their lives. Errors, omissions or misdeeds in both their professional and their personal lives have the potential to damage them, their clients, the profession itself and the court. We ought never to take for granted the trust the public places in us to preserve the integrity of the legal system itself, especially in times when that system may be under threat, either from without or from within.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/75599/

Publicador

Australian Lawyers Alliance

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/75599/2/75599.pdf

http://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=IELHSS;issn=1449-7719

Stobbs, Nigel (2014) Maintaining the ethic of service [Editorial]. Precedent, 123, p. 2.

Direitos

Copyright 2014 Please consult the author

Fonte

Crime & Justice Research Centre; Faculty of Law; School of Law

Palavras-Chave #180121 Legal Practice Lawyering and the Legal Profession #lawyers #moral priciples #legal ethics
Tipo

Journal Article