Voice of justice :: reclaiming the First Amendment rights of lawyers /: Margaret Tarkington.

Name: Voice of justice : reclaiming the First Amendment rights of lawyers / Margaret Tarkington.
ISBN: 9781316544549

Tarkington, Margaret C.,

Voice of justice : reclaiming the First Amendment rights of lawyers / Margaret Tarkington.

Tarkington, Margaret C., 1976- author.

2018

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Author

Tarkington, Margaret C., 1976- author.

Title

Voice of justice : reclaiming the First Amendment rights of lawyers / Margaret Tarkington.

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

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Do lawyers have First Amendment rights?
Speech is all we have
Self-regulation : myth and reality
Attorneys as officers of the court and delegates of state power
Core ideals of the First Amendment
Cognate inseparable rights
The access to justice theory
Freedom to form an attorney-client relationship
Safeguarding client counseling and confidences
Invoking law and processes to protect client interests
Safeguarding and impugning judicial integrity
Securing criminal constitutional processes
Uncompromised pretrial publicity
Attorney civility, harassment, and discrimination.

Summary

The First Amendment rights of lawyers are ethereal. Most lawyers fail to realize that courts may deny them access to the First Amendment's protective shield in many regulatory and disciplinary contexts. Overall, attorneys cannot and should not assume that they can obtain First Amendment protection - especially when acting as an attorney in their role as an 'officer of the court'. Yet, it is precisely in the lawyering context - where attorneys engage in speech, association, and petitioning for the very purpose of securing client rights, invoking law, enabling the judicial power, and obtaining justice - that the need for First Amendment protection is the most acute. If regulators silence that voice, they silence justice. From overarching theory to specific real-world contexts, this illuminating book provides a critical resource for lawyers, judges, and scholars to understand the relationship between the First Amendment rights of lawyers and the integrity of the justice system.

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Language

English