Attorney-client privilege in the Americas : professional secrecy of lawyers, the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean / edited by James R. Silkenat and Dirk Van Gerven.
2017
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Title
Attorney-client privilege in the Americas : professional secrecy of lawyers, the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean / edited by James R. Silkenat and Dirk Van Gerven.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
K2281.A7 A78 2017
ISBN
9781107171282 hardcover
1107171288 hardcover
1107171288 hardcover
Description
xiv, 548 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)951557381
Summary
"This book examines the lawyer's duty of professional secrecy in 32 jurisdictions in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. For each of the following countries, the book contains a national chapter discussing the attorney-client privilege and professional secrecy in each country according a common table of contents: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay and U.S. Virgin Islands"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
ix
Preface / Dirk Van Gerven
xiii
1.
Attorney-Client Privilege in the Americas / Dirk Van Gerven
1
2.
Anguilla / Angela A. Mullix
9
3.
Antigua & Barbuda / Safiya L. Roberts
29
4.
Argentina / Marcelo Bombau
41
5.
Bahamas / Camryn A. Cartwright
55
6.
Barbados / Sharalee M.J. Gittens
77
7.
Belize / Iliana N. Swift
96
8.
Bermuda / Kiernan Bell
113
9.
Bolivia / B. Fernando Aguirre
129
10.
Brazil / Flavio Olimpio De Azevedo
140
11.
British Virgin Islands / Claire Goldstein
157
12.
Canada / Malcolm M. Mercer
173
13.
Chile / Monica Vander Schraft
187
14.
Colombia / Carlos Urrutia-Valenzuela
203
15.
Costa Rica / Eduardo Calderon
216
16.
Cuba / Imara Francisca Betancourt Suarez
231
17.
Curacao / Bouke Boersma
246
18.
Dominican Republic / Ricardo Pellerano
263
19.
Ecuador / Bruce Horowitz
278
20.
El Salvador / Ricardo Cevallos
299
21.
Guatemala / M. Alfonso Carrillo
331
22.
Honduras / Marcela Aguilar
347
23.
Jamaica / Rene C.K. Gayle
359
24.
Mexico / Michel Narcia Martinez
380
25.
Panama / Mario A. Preciado Miro
401
26.
Paraguay / Rosa Elena Dimartino
419
27.
Peru / Luis Bedoya
425
28.
Puerto Rico / Richard Graffam-Rodriguez
444
29.
Trinidad and Tobago / Mark James Morgan
457
30.
United States / Gerry Silver
468
31.
Uruguay / Camila Umpierrez
480
32.
U.S. Virgin Islands / Xaverie L. Baxley-Hull
493
33.
Venezuela / Alejandro Gallotti
506
Index
521