Law as engineering : thinking about what lawyers do / David Howarth

By:

Howarth, David [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: England : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2013Description: ix, 237 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781782540137

Subject(s):

LAW -- PHILOSOPHY

LOC classification:

K 120 .H69 2013

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. What do Lawyers do? -- 3. Law as Engineering -- 4. Implications (1) - Professional Ethics -- 5. Implications (2) -Legal Research and Teaching -- 6. Conclusion.

Summary: Law as Engineering proposes a radically new way of thinking about law, as a profession and discipline concerned with design rather than with litigation, and having much in common with engineering in the way it produces devices useful for its clients. It uses that comparison to propose ways of improving legal design, to advocate a transformation of legal ethics so that the profession learns from its role in the crash of 2008, and to reform legal education and research. Offering a totally new perspective, this book will be a fascinating read for law students and prospective law students, legal academics across all sub-fields, lawyers in government, especially those engaged in drafting legislation, and policymakers

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Main General Circulation	Electronics and Communications Engineering	GC K 120 .H69 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000013571

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. What do Lawyers do? -- 3. Law as Engineering -- 4. Implications (1) - Professional Ethics -- 5. Implications (2) -Legal Research and Teaching -- 6. Conclusion.

Law as Engineering proposes a radically new way of thinking about law, as a profession and discipline concerned with design rather than with litigation, and having much in common with engineering in the way it produces devices useful for its clients. It uses that comparison to propose ways of improving legal design, to advocate a transformation of legal ethics so that the profession learns from its role in the crash of 2008, and to reform legal education and research. Offering a totally new perspective, this book will be a fascinating read for law students and prospective law students, legal academics across all sub-fields, lawyers in government, especially those engaged in drafting legislation, and policymakers

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