Lawyers and Fidelity to Law
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Lawyers and Fidelity to Law
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) W. Bradley Wendel
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:304 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Ethics and moral philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691156217
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| Classifications | Dewey:174.30973 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
26 August 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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.
ReviewsOne 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
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