Towards a New Ethical Framework for a Legal Profession in Transition? Proceedings of the European conference on ethics and the legal profession, held at the Ghent University (Belgium) on 25 and 26 October 2001

This book reflects on the need for a new ethical framework for the legal profession. The different authors investigate the speed and nature of the many changes and challenges now confronting the legal professions in Europe. The contributions do not only present new ideas to guide future developments in the field of professional regulation but they also point out new relationships transcending disciplinary, jurisdictional and professional boundaries out of which a whole new understanding of professional ethics can be built. This book can be recommended to anyone interested in the backgrounds of the future agendas for European lawyers and the new ethical framework that undoubtedly will determine the nature and scope of services we can expect European lawyers to render to their clients.