Lawyers who are criticized for representing unpopular clients - in today's political climate these may include firearms manufacturers, fossil fuel companies, and powerful men accused of sexual misconduct - explain that the long tradition of representing everyone is an essential ingredient in the defense of the rule of law. They may see contemporary episodes of criticism as the threat of mob rule. Like much of the controversy nowadays over "cancel culture," the two sides seem to be talking past each other. This book explains that both sides are onto something. The rule of law is a valuable…mehr
Lawyers who are criticized for representing unpopular clients - in today's political climate these may include firearms manufacturers, fossil fuel companies, and powerful men accused of sexual misconduct - explain that the long tradition of representing everyone is an essential ingredient in the defense of the rule of law. They may see contemporary episodes of criticism as the threat of mob rule. Like much of the controversy nowadays over "cancel culture," the two sides seem to be talking past each other. This book explains that both sides are onto something. The rule of law is a valuable political ideal but lawyers are people too, and others care about the attitudes and motivations that underlie the representation of controversial clients.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
W. Bradley Wendel is a legal ethics scholar, trained as both a lawyer and a philosopher. He has a B.A. from Rice University, a J.D. from Duke Law School, and an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Columbia Law School, in legal philosophy. Before entering academia Dr. Wendel clerked for Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Fairbanks, Alaska, and practiced as a products liability litigator in Seattle. He started his academic career at Washington and Lee Law School and moved to Cornell Law School in 2014.
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Preface 1. Swiss Banks and Nazi Gold Crisis at Cravath Against nonaccountability The justification of John Adams The Freedman-Tigar debate "Ethics rules" and client choice . for American lawyers Contested meanings 2. Morality and Relationships: Accountability and Reactive Attitudes Morality beyond duties and rights Reactive attitudes Reactive attitudes and reasonable expectations Reactive attitudes and the scope of the moral community 3. Harvey Weinstein, Ronald Sullivan, and Harvard University Joining Weinstein's dream team Answering "the Question" Making clients radioactive 4. Blame, the Meaning of Actions, and the Ethics of Blame Blameworthiness vs. wrongness What do you mean by that? The ethics of blaming How wide is the circle of blame? What standards apply to determine blameworthiness and appropriate blaming responses? Toleration Don't feed the trolls 5. Boycotts of Law Firms and the Ethics of Informal Social Sanctions The "obsequious servants of business"? Down with Big Oil Reasonable disagreement and the role of the legal system Formal and informal power 6. The Challenge of Role Morality The persistence of the personal Three mistakes about professional roles Mistake #1: Too much weight on the duties of the role Mistake #2: Too little appreciation for the significance of the role Mistake #3: Excluding personal identity altogether Roles and professional ethics Are roles exclusionary or just very weighty? 7. McCarthyism or Legitimate Criticism? Canceling Government Lawyers From the Trump administration back to polite society? Blame and the Big Lie Whose side are you on? The "Department of Jihad" Fidelity to law and abusive legal advice 8. Regret and Moral Costs Excruciating cases How moral remainders arise (and what to do with them) Conclusions
Preface 1. Swiss Banks and Nazi Gold Crisis at Cravath Against nonaccountability The justification of John Adams The Freedman-Tigar debate "Ethics rules" and client choice . for American lawyers Contested meanings 2. Morality and Relationships: Accountability and Reactive Attitudes Morality beyond duties and rights Reactive attitudes Reactive attitudes and reasonable expectations Reactive attitudes and the scope of the moral community 3. Harvey Weinstein, Ronald Sullivan, and Harvard University Joining Weinstein's dream team Answering "the Question" Making clients radioactive 4. Blame, the Meaning of Actions, and the Ethics of Blame Blameworthiness vs. wrongness What do you mean by that? The ethics of blaming How wide is the circle of blame? What standards apply to determine blameworthiness and appropriate blaming responses? Toleration Don't feed the trolls 5. Boycotts of Law Firms and the Ethics of Informal Social Sanctions The "obsequious servants of business"? Down with Big Oil Reasonable disagreement and the role of the legal system Formal and informal power 6. The Challenge of Role Morality The persistence of the personal Three mistakes about professional roles Mistake #1: Too much weight on the duties of the role Mistake #2: Too little appreciation for the significance of the role Mistake #3: Excluding personal identity altogether Roles and professional ethics Are roles exclusionary or just very weighty? 7. McCarthyism or Legitimate Criticism? Canceling Government Lawyers From the Trump administration back to polite society? Blame and the Big Lie Whose side are you on? The "Department of Jihad" Fidelity to law and abusive legal advice 8. Regret and Moral Costs Excruciating cases How moral remainders arise (and what to do with them) Conclusions
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