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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: W. Bradley WendelPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780691156217ISBN 10: 0691156212 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 26 August 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents"Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: The Standard Conception, For and Against 17 1.1 Introduction: Law, Morality, Ethics, and Legal Ethics 17 1.2 Ordinary and Professional Moralities 20 1.3 The Standard Conception 29 1.4 Traditional Justifications for the Standard Conception and Moral Critiques 31 1.4.1 Client Autonomy 31 1.4.2 Partiality to Clients and the Value of Dignity 37 1.5 Simon's Legalist Critique of the Standard Conception 44 Chapter Two: From Partisanship to Legal Entitlements Putting the Law Back into Lawyering 49 2.1 Lawyers as Agents 49 2.1.1 Legal, Not Moral, Rights 54 2.1.2 Rights, Not Power 59 2.2 Legal Ethics as Interpretation 66 2.2.1 Loophole Lawyering 66 2.2.2 Mistakes, Institutional Malfunctions, and Windfalls 72 2.2.3 A Note on ""Zealous"" Representation 77 2.2.4 Legal Uncertainty and Lawyering Roles 81 Chapter Three: From Neutrality to Public Reason Moral Conflict and the Law 86 3.1 Legality and Legitimacy 86 3.2 The Circumstances of Politics 89 3.2.1 Disagreement and the Need for Settlement 92 3.2.2 Rough Equality and Tolerably Fair Procedures 98 3.3 Moral Reasons and Legal Obligation 105 3.3.1 Obligation, Authority, and Exclusionary Reasons 107 3.3.2 Presumptive or Conclusive Obligations? 113 Chapter Four: Legal Entitlements and Public Reason in Practice 122 4.1 Disobedience and Nullification 123 4.1.1 Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Objection 124 4.1.2 Legal Permissions vs. Legal Duties 125 4.1.3 Lawyering for Change 129 4.1.4 Nullification and Subversion 131 4.2 Morally Grounded Client Counseling 135 4.3 Morally Motivated Client Selection 143 Chapter Five: From Nonaccountability to Tragedy The Remaining Claims of Morality 156 5.1 The Ideal of Innocence 156 5.2 Harmonizing the Demands of Role and Personal Integrity: The ""Incorporationist"" Solution 159 5.3 The Problem of Dirty Hands 169 Chapter Six: Legal Ethics as Craft 176 6.1 The Case of the Torture Memos 177 6.2 Interpretive Judgment 184 6.3 The Jurisprudence of Lawyering 194 6.4 Some Legal-Interpretive Puzzles 200 6.4.1 Enforcement Practices and Legal Interpretation 200 6.4.2 Negotiated Compliance and the Endogeneity of Law 203 Conclusion 208 Notes 213 Bibliography 269 Index 283"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 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 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 Author InformationW. Bradley Wendel is professor of law at Cornell Law School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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