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.

Legislative Summaries (LS) provide information on most government bills, including the purpose and history of the legislation, an analysis of important clauses and comments from interest groups, the media and other sources.

Bill C-10 is intended to expand the powers of provincial & territorial review boards, the legal bodies that make decisions about the detention, supervision, & release of mentally disordered persons, by allowing them to order psychiatric assessments, adjourn hearings, and extend the time for review of an accused persons' disposition. The Bill also allows victim impact statements to be read at hearings and gives review boards the power to issue publication bans similar to courts. This document reviews the legislative history of the Bill, provides background on the mental disorder provisions of the Criminal Code and the parliamentary review of those provisions, and describes & analyzes each clause of the Bill. The clauses relate to such matters as assessment orders, disposition hearings, publication bans, review of dispositions, persons unfit to stand trial, enforcement of orders, and consequential amendments. Finally, commentary received about the Bill from members of Parliament and the media is summarized.