Understanding Professional Conduct and Ethics for Legal Practitioners in Zambia 1st Edition
Product Details:
| Author(s): | Chirwa, J |
| Page count: | 332 |
| ISBN: | 9781485128373 |
| Languages(s): | English, |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Categories: | Juta Pocket Companions, Introduction to Law, |
| Type: |
About this publication
Ethics are an integral part of the legal profession. Ethics are important because they imbue a sense of orderliness and professionalism in the members of the profession, and hence instil in legal practitioners a sense of responsibility and accountability.
Understanding Professional Conduct and Ethics for Legal Practitioners in Zambia covers the following areas: the core ethics of a legal practioner; the obligations of an advocate; the fraternity of lawyers; undertakings; disciplining an advocate; the conduct and ethics of prosecutors; and judicial officers' conduct and ethics.
The book incudes the Judicial (Code of Coduct) Act, the Legal Practitioners' Act and the Legal Practitioners' Practice Rules.
Content
- Core ethics of a legal practitioner
- Triple obligations of an advocate
- The fraternity of lawyers
- Undertakings
- Disciplining an advocate
- Prosecutorial conduct and ethics
- Conduct and ethics for judicial officers
- Appendices
- The Judicial (Code of Conduct) Act, 1999
- Chapter 30—The Legal Practitioners Act
- (S.I. NO. 51) The Legal Practitioners’ Practice Rules, 2002
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