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Swimming with Shark
Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
LAWYERS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM: LAW ON THE SMALL SCREEN, Michael Asimow, ed., ABA Press, 2008
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-34
Abstract:
In this essay, which is part of Michael Asimow's forthcoming book on lawyers on TV, I discuss how Sebastian Stark (played by James Woods) seduces the lawyers on his legal team into ignoring legal ethics in favor of Stark's own version of ethics. Stark - a criminal defense lawyer who becomes a deputy district attorney - bends the ethics rules past the breaking point in order to put bad guys behind bars. His team of lawyers knows right from wrong but follows Stark's lead in breaking the rules anyway.
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Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
LAWYERS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM: LAW ON THE SMALL SCREEN, Michael Asimow, ed., ABA Press, 2008
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-34
Abstract:
In this essay, which is part of Michael Asimow's forthcoming book on lawyers on TV, I discuss how Sebastian Stark (played by James Woods) seduces the lawyers on his legal team into ignoring legal ethics in favor of Stark's own version of ethics. Stark - a criminal defense lawyer who becomes a deputy district attorney - bends the ethics rules past the breaking point in order to put bad guys behind bars. His team of lawyers knows right from wrong but follows Stark's lead in breaking the rules anyway.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1257843_code899748.pdf?abstractid=1157053&mirid=2