Bøger af Philip Slayton

"The whole thing was messy, very messy. There was a dead body." MONEY. SEX. MADNESS. MURDER... It's all on Bay Street! Piper Fantouche, beautiful junior partner in a large establishment law firm, is caught up in corporate and personal intrigue that leads to disaster and death. "Dibbet & Dibbet is an awful place," he said. "Get out. Don't go back there for even one hour. You remember we were talking about Paris? We can get a flight today. We can be there in hours. Make the break. Change your life." "That's running away," said Piper. "It wouldn't solve anything. I've still got a job. I'm working on a big file. I can't just get on a plane and leave. That's not professional. I'm a lawyer. That means something." It's the shocking world of Bay Street - from an insider who saw it all! Philip Slayton is the best-selling author of Lawyers Gone Bad (2007) and Mighty Judgment (2011). He worked as a lawyer on Bay Street for almost 20 years.

A collection of essays - pointed, provocative, ironic, sometimes funny - on the relationship between law and ethics. Is trust in your fellow human being more important than relying on legal rules? Why are lawyers depressed? Are money and ambition all that matter? Does an evil person deserve vigorous legal representation? Should young lawyers take ethical advice from old lawyers? How should lawyers be regulated? What do we do about the pitiful state of access to justice? How can a lawyer be a good person?

Few things are more precious in a democratic society than individual freedom, and few things are easier to take for granted. In this timely, provocative essay, Philip Slayton argues that Canada, in ways large and small, is frittering away the liberties on which a free and open society depends.We give too much power to our politicians and unelected judges. We paper over our divisions and stifle voices that challenge conventional wisdom. We tolerate inaction on the most pressing issues of the day. It is time, writes Slayton, for Canadians to throw off their self-imposed chains, to stand up and fight for what we believe in before we lose our ability to do so-a prospect, he warns, that is far more likely than we realize.