本书是美国关于律师职业规范的著作，作者是有渊博知识和丰富实践经验的著名教授，在法学界享有盛誉。作者详细论述了客户和律师的关系、专业律师的作用、如何避免和补救执业失败、宪法及时修正案对律师的言论自由和提供法律服务的保护等问题。作者不仅选取了大量典型案例和相关材料对其进行了合理编排，而且加入了自己的深层思索。是研究美国律师制度、司法制度的必备参考书，对中国律师及有志于从事律师职业的青年学子有重要的参考价值。
加入世界贸易组织表明我国经济发展进入了一个新的发展时代——一个国际化商业时代。商业与法律的人才流动将全球化，评介人才标准将国际化，教育必须与世界发展同步。商业社会早已被马克思描绘成为一架复杂与精巧的机器，维持这架机器运行的是法律。法律不仅仅是关于道德与公理的原则，也不单单是说理论道的公平教义，还是具有可操作性的精细的具体专业技术。
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
