1.1 Meaning and Nature of Professional Ethics

The definition: the profession's-moral-code (the conduct-standards (the right-and-wrong-of-the- practice (the "professional" + the "ethics" — the two-words-joined (the occupation-trusted-then- the-trust's-rules)))); The nature (the three-faces): (1) the aspirational (the ideals-pursued (the excellence's-call (the "ought" beyond-the-must))); (2) the normative (the rules-prescribed (the code's-list (the enforceable-floor))); (3) the practical (the daily-dilemmas (the conflict-of-duties (the client-vs-the-court (the zeal-vs-the-truth — the ethics-LIVED-not-the-decorated)))); The why-of-it (the profession's-own-reason): the law-profession's-special-position (the monopoly-of- the-law's-craft (the licence-the-entry (the public-the-dependant (the trust-the-profession's-CAPITAL (the ethics-the-trust's-maintenance)))) — the lawyer's-licence-a-public-trust (the privilege-then- the-duty (the reciprocity-the-nature's-core))).