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Author Lubet, Steven.

Title The importance of being honest : how lying, secrecy, and hypocrisy collide with truth in law / Steven Lubet
Published New York : New York University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Clients -- Lawyers -- Judges -- Academics -- Medical practice
Summary Popular author Steven Lubet brings his signature blend of humor, advocacy, and legal ethics to The Importance of Being Honest, an incisive analysis of how honesty and law play out in current affairs and historical events. Drawing on original work as well as op-ed pieces and articles that have appeared in the American Lawyer, the Chicago Tribune, and many other national publications, Lubet explores the complex aspects of honesty in the legal world. The Importance of Being Honest is full of tales of questionable practices and poor behavior, chosen because negative examples are much richer, an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Legal ethics -- United States.
Practice of law -- Corrupt practices -- United States
Justice, Administration of -- United States
Truthfulness and falsehood.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Justice, Administration of
Legal ethics
Practice of law -- Corrupt practices
Truthfulness and falsehood
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007045955
ISBN 9780814753422
0814753426
9780814752364
0814752365