Canceling Lawyers
Case Studies of Accountability, Toleration, and Regret
$151.92
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
12 July 2024
Summary
Lawyers take pride in a professional tradition of representing unpopular clients, understanding it as a contribution to the rule of law and the practice of toleration in a polarized society. This does not mean that lawyers are fully insulated from criticism for the clients they represent. The seemingly intractable debate over accountability for representing nasty clients is in part the result of a deep, structural tension between the institutions and procedures of the legal system, and the un…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197673423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197673422 |
| Author: | W. Bradley Wendel |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 12 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 150mm x 33mm |
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Canceling Lawyers explores the ethics of blame and its complex relationship to the rule of law. The independence of the judiciary is a fundamental component of the rule of law and, in democratic states, politicians tend to avoid personal attacks on judges when decisions do not go their way. * Kevin McVeigh, Law Society Gazette book reviews *Wendel’s book will obviously be of interest to scholars of legal ethics. It will also be of interest to moral philosophers because of the thoughtful and thought provoking position it takes on role morality. * Robert C. Hughes, Ethics *
About The Author
W. Bradley Wendel
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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