Preface; Acknowledgements; The Alexander Maxwell Law Scholarship Trust; Abbreviations; Part I. Pervasive Issues in Legal Ethics: 1. Introduction to legal ethics; 2. Philosophical foundations of legal ethics; 3. Professionalism; 4. Regulation and legal education; 5. The standard conception of legal ethics; Part II. Particular Problems in Legal Ethics: 6. Criminal defence and prosecution; 7. Lawyer-client confidentiality; 8. Negotiation; 9. Lawyers, clients and power; 10. Lawyers, ethics and access to justice; 11. Conflicts of interest; Index.