Tournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Unknown | Judge: Unknown
The Standard is Respecting the Rule of Law. This is true for two reasons.

A. The rule of law is necessary to protect individual liberty against arbitrary and unfair government power. Darryl Brown :

The rule of...in political struggle.

B. The rule of law is necessary for trust in government and respect for the individual. Hollander-Blumoff and Tyler 2011 :

And yet procedural...for those rights.

CONTENTION 1: Attorney-client privilege serves not just to protect individuals’ secrets, but to instill respect for the law. Weigold ‘06 

The attorney-client privilege...open client-attorney communication.171

CONTENTION 2: Attorney-client privilege is necessary to protect a defendant’s 6th Amendment rights. 

A. ACP protects the 6th amendment right to a zealous advocate. Dashjian 1982 :

If a state...to the prosecution.17

B. ACP preserves effective assistance of counsel by ensuring attorney’s ability to investigate. Dashjian 2 :

The denial of...a full investigation. 3 

C. ACP is necessary to preserve defendants’ fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination. Dashjian 3 :

Belge and Kociolek...the fifth amendment. 

Therefore, truth-seeking must give way to the protection of individual rights. Dashjian 4 :

The state's interest...rights underlying it. 

When a client engages in fraud with the assistance of their attorney, ACP is waived. Bricker 2009 

Without such full...or federal prosecution.23