Context, meaning and morality in the life of a lawyer / Alice Woolley. The ethics of advocacy / Charles P. Curtis -- The lawyer as friend : the moral foundations of the lawyer-client relationship / Charles Fried -- Mere-zeal, hyper-zeal and the ethical obligation of lawyers / Tim Dare -- Civil obedience / W. Bradley Wendel -- Ethical discretion in lawyering / William H. Simon -- Professional responsibility of the criminal defense / Monroe H. Freeman -- Legal ethics and the good client / Thomas L. Shaffer -- Beyond cardboard clients in legal ethics / Katherine R. Kruse -- Defending the guilty / Barbara Allen Babcock -- Taking it personally : legal ethics and client selection / Allan C. Hutchinson -- Must you be the devil's advocate? / Monroe H. Freedman -- Setting the record straight on the defense of John Demjanjuk / Michael Tigar -- Can a good lawyer be a good person? / Stephen Gillers -- Terrorists and their lawyers / Deborah Rhode -- What motivates a lawyer to defend a Tsarnaev, a Castro or a Zimmerman? / Abbe Smith -- Race, ethics, and the First Amendment : should a black lawyer represent a Ku Klux Klan? / David B. Wilkins -- How can you prosecute those people? / Paul Butler -- On representing a victim of crime / Abbe Smith -- A different nightmare and a different dream / David Luban -- Legal ethics and moral character / Alice Woolley and W. Bradley Wendel -- Context, meaning and morality in the life of a lawyer / Alice Woolley.
Summary:
"This collection contains the very best writing on lawyers' ethics. Timeless and provocative, the essays explore the moral foundations of the lawyer's role as well as the personal and professional dilemmas lawyers face in the practice of law. What does it mean to be a good lawyer? How does a lawyer navigate the inevitable tension between moral principles and professional responsibilities? The collection brings together previously published articles alongside a specially commissioned introduction by the volume editors which provides an overview of the articles and themes in the collection"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
The library of essays on legal ethics and the enforcement of the law
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