Legal Articles and Analyses

Rights, majority decisions and judicial review through Jeremy Waldron’s Law and Disagreement: who should have the last word in a democracy, and with what legitimacy?

On the place of extensive reading, research, work discipline, empathy and an independent stance in the path from legal education to professional maturity; on character, conscience, oratory and reputation in the legal profession.

Courthouse organization, the right to inspect case files and accessible service: a sourced review of defense, staff safety and user needs.

Advice for young attorneys and trainees on professional ethics, courage in defense, empathy, keeping clients informed, work discipline and office management.

A review of Julie Macfarlane’s The New Lawyer on the client’s participation in decisions, empathy, cost transparency and solution-oriented legal practice.

An essay on why the identity of a legal professional cannot be reduced to technical knowledge, examined through ethics, independence, human dignity, education and artificial intelligence.

A guide to second opinions in ongoing litigation: case file review documents, legal risks, the relationship with the current lawyer and the written report process of Güneş & Güneş.

Güneş & Güneş’s approach to legal practice: understanding the client, preventive legal counsel, professional diligence, confidentiality and the responsible defence of rights.

How to prepare for a first consultation with a lawyer? Required documents, questions to ask, confidentiality, fees and the steps to clarify after the meeting.

A guide to the attorney's duties to inform, to disclose and to account to the client, examined through current legislation, TBB decisions and practical tables.

The ban on an attorney representing conflicting interests, explained through types of client, professional duties, current disciplinary provisions and the available routes of complaint.

An article on trust, empathy, transference and countertransference in the attorney–client relationship, examined through professional boundaries, pre-hearing communication and practical examples.

How do you choose a good attorney? Assess an attorney’s working quality through file review, legal reasoning, diligence and the questions to ask at the first consultation.

The attorney's role in human and social life: preventive law, trust, human dignity, independent defense and professional secrecy. A philosophical and legal review with its sources.

Trust in the lawyer–client relationship: confidentiality, informing family members, conflicts of interest, independence and the use of artificial intelligence, examined through concrete examples.

The 50 professional and ethical precepts in the 1928 Istanbul Bar Association Diary, in modern Turkish, with commentary on courage in defence and today’s professional rules.