1st Edition

Regulating Lawyers Through Disciplinary Systems

Edited By Kay-Wah Chan, Judith A McMorrow, Avrom Sherr Copyright 2024
122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers comparative analyses on issues in lawyer regulation in England and Wales, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand and Singapore. It examines the lawyer disciplinary systems in different jurisdictions through diverse and comparative perspectives. In addition to enriching the literature on legal ethics, contributions also highlight areas for future research regarding the legal and other... Read more

Introduction
Kay-Wah Chan and Judith A. McMorrow

1. “Trusted to the ends of the earth?” An analysis of solicitors’ disciplinary processes in England and Wales from 1994 to 2015
Andrew Boon and Avis Whyte

2. Disciplining legal practitioners in New Zealand
Selene E. Mize

3. The nature of the disciplinary system over Myanmar lawyers: differences from international standards and implications for international legal transplants
Jonathan Liljeblad

4. Evaluating the effectiveness of the lawyer disciplinary system in Japan: a study on “repeaters”
Kay-Wah Chan

5. Managing discourse about lawyers: pro bono and professional misconduct
Helena Whalen-Bridge

Biography

Kay-Wah Chan is Visiting Professor (part-time and remote) at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He has written and presented on the Japanese legal profession.

Judith A. McMorrow is a Professor of Law at Boston College Law School, in the United States. She works extensively on comparative professional ethics, including lawyer regulation in both the United States and China.

Avrom Sherr is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in the United Kingdom. He has provided an international leadership role in exploring the sociology of the legal profession and ethics in professional work. He is the founding editor of the International Journal of the Legal Profession.