Legal professional privilege : law and theory / Jonathan Auburn.
In the Commonwealth, the principle of legal professional privilege has been treated as almost sacrosanct and in consequence, derogations from it have been rare. The traditional view is that, despite resulting unfairness, the rule must be absolute in order to achieve its stated goals. This view is ch...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2000.
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| Online Access: | Hart Publishing Law ebooks |
| Summary: | In the Commonwealth, the principle of legal professional privilege has been treated as almost sacrosanct and in consequence, derogations from it have been rare. The traditional view is that, despite resulting unfairness, the rule must be absolute in order to achieve its stated goals. This view is challenged here through an examination of the structure of and exceptions to the privilege. Auburn argues that the claims made of the rule in the past have been overstated and that the privilege is more robust than widely assumed. Being dependent on patterns of client behaviour, it can accommodate chan. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 269 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1847313116 9781847313119 1281041947 9781281041944 1472558936 9781472558930 |