Klauzula generalna dobrych obyczajów jako jedna z przesłanek wykonywania czynności zawodowych przez radcę prawnego

Abstract

Good conduct is a normative construction of a general clause. Good manners are an important issue from the perspective of the Code of Ethics for attorneys-at-law and the issue of practising this profession. It refers to undefined criteria and extra-legal assessments. By its nature, being a vague and contextual term, it performs an important role in forming appropriate ethical attitudes of attorneys-at-law. The duty to decode good conduct rests with the District Disciplinary Courts, the Higher Disciplinary Court and the Disciplinary Ombudsman. Professional activities undertaken by an attorney-at-law often lead to questions as to how they should behave in a specific situation. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the “good conduct” clause from the theoretical and practical point of view in the context of professional activities undertaken by attorneys-at-law. The research methods used are adequate to the assumptions made. These include the method of a terminological and conceptual analysis, an analysis of the law in force and an analysis of reasoning given in court decisions.

Keywords

• good conduct
• general clause
• professional ethics
• attorney-at-law