Lawyers and Fidelity to Law

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lawyers and Fidelity to Law
Authors and Contributors      By (author) W. Bradley Wendel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691156217
ClassificationsDewey:174.30973
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 26 August 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

Even lawyers who obey the law often seem to act unethically--interfering with the discovery of truth, subverting justice, and inflicting harm on innocent people. Standard arguments within legal ethics attempt to show why it is permissible to do something as a lawyer that it would be wrong to do as an ordinary person. But in the view of most critics

Author Biography

W. Bradley Wendel is professor of law at Cornell Law School.

Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011 "This ambitious project is carefully executed and trenchantly defended. The book is especially good when confronting cases in which fidelity to the law appears to lead to perverse outcomes, such as encouraging obedience to unjust laws or making disobedience to unjust laws more difficult."--Choice