Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Choshen Mishpat 

Machshava:

Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Legal Ethics

References: Berachot: 6a ,  Shabbat: 10a ,  Sanhedrin: 7a ,  Moed Katan: 17a ,  Gittin: 37b  

Description

Why is it wrong for a lawyer to take advantage of errors that don't go to the merits of a case? How do the rules change if the opposing party is self-represented? With the perspectives of both Torah and secular legal thought.