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Luban, David

Legal ethics and human dignity David Luban. - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2007. - xii, 337 p. ill. 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. The ethics in legal ethics. The adversary system excuse ; Lawyers as upholders of human dignity (when they aren't busy assaulting it) -- pt. II. The jurisprudence of legal ethics. Natural law as professional ethics: a reading of Fuller ; A different nightmare and a different dream ; The torture lawyers of Washington -- pt. III. Moral complications and moral psychology. Contrived ignorance ; The ethics of wrongful obedience ; Integrity: its causes and cures -- pt. IV. Moral messiness in professional life. A midrash on Rabbi Shaffer and Rabbi Trollope.

ISBN: 9780521862851 052186285X

LCCN: 2008270795

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA792403

Subjects--Personal Names:


Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights
Dignity

LC Class. No.: K123 / .L83 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 174.3 / L9269L