Lincoln's Legal Ethics (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

Abraham Lincoln built his legal career on honesty, fairness, reasonable fees, and strong advocacy for clients. Yet Lincoln, like other attorneys of his time, occasionally strayed outside the unwritten, less codified rules that lawyers followed and judges enforced.

Roger D. Billings Jr. examines how Lincoln's practices in Illinois helped shape the development of the legal standards that lawyers follow today. Lincoln learned the law through self-study, experience, and mentorship. Billings focuses on actual cases to show Lincoln's ethical choices when confronted with issues like conflict of interest, client trust, and honesty with the court. In addition, the studies shine a light on the future president's on-the-job performance. Though an imperfect practitioner, Lincoln and his energetic work on behalf of clients and way of doing business, among other practices, influenced the evolution of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the United States.

An original study of Lincoln's years at the bar, Lincoln's Legal Ethics connects the self-styled country lawyer with modern legal standards.