The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Argues that a policy of mass incarceration is ineffective and that prison expenditures could have greater impact on criminal violence if spent on prevention and rehabilitation programs.

Considers. S. 484, to authorize pre-trial detention of individuals charged with a felony who have been convicted of a felony previously. S. 1510, to strengthen criminal provisions against obstruction of justice and bribery of law enforcement authorities. S. 1513, to establish a Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of D.C. S. 1517, to provide for protective custody of material witnesses. S. 1518, to prescribe procedures for taking of voluntary confessions where Miranda rights have been waived. S. 1519, to make burglary, when committed with possession of a firearm, a crime of violence. S. 1523, to define grounds for successful insanity defense. S. 1524, to provide for arrest without warrant with probable cause. S. 1525, to prohibit the sale of pornography to minors under the age of eighteen. H.R. 10783, to revise generally the D.C. criminal code. Miscellaneous related bills.

Distributive principles of criminal law -- Habitual offender statutes -- Death penalty -- Legality requirement -- Provocation/extreme emotional disturbance -- Felony murder -- Causation -- Transferred intent -- Consent to injury -- Mental illness negating an offense element (MINOE) -- Attempt -- Complicity -- Complicity liability of co-conspirators -- Lesser evils/necessity defense -- Self-defense -- Law enforcement authority -- Insanity defense -- Immaturity defense -- Statute of limitations -- Exclusionary rule -- Entrapment defense -- Criminalizing risk creation -- Statutory rape -- Domestic violence, spousal rape exemption -- Stalking and harassment -- Child neglect -- Deceptive business practices -- Extortion -- Adultery -- Criminal obscenity -- Child pornography -- Drug offenses -- Firearms possession offenses -- Antitrust predatory pricing -- Organized crime -- Fixing sporting events -- Extradition -- Jurisdiction