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Legal Ethics and Human Dignity

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Legal Ethics and Human Dignity
By
David Luban
Description
David Luban is one of the world\\\'s
leading scholars of legal ethics. In this collection of his most
significant papers from the past twenty-five years, he ranges over
such topics as the moral psychology of organisational evil, the
strengths and weaknesses of the adversary system, and jurisprudence
from the lawyer’s point of view. His discussion combines
philosophical argument, legal analysis and many cases drawn from
actual law practice, and he defends a theory of legal ethics that
focuses on lawyers\\\' role in enhancing human dignity and human rights.
In addition to an analytical introduction, the volume includes two
major previously unpublished papers, including a detailed critique of
the US government lawyers who produced the notorious ‘torture
memos’. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in
both philosophy and law.
• Brings together essays from
relatively inaccessible publications • Includes many case
studies • Will interest readers in both philosophy and law
Contents
Part I. The Ethics in Legal Ethics: 1.
The adversary system excuse; 2. Lawyers as upholders of human dignity
(when they aren’t busy assaulting it); Part II. The
Jurisprudence of Legal Ethics: 3. Natural law as professional ethics:
a reading of Fuller; 4. A different nightmare and a different dream;
5. The torture lawyers of Washington; Part III. Moral Complications
and Moral Psychology: 6. Contrived ignorance; 7. The ethics of
wrongful obedience; 8. Integrity: its causes and cures; Part IV.
Moral Messiness in Professional Life: 9. A midrash on Rabbi Shaffer
and Rabbi Trollope.
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