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UNINA9910452089503321 |
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Autore |
Luban David <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Legal ethics and human dignity / / David Luban [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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1-107-17811-8 |
1-281-15329-X |
9786611153298 |
1-139-13192-3 |
0-511-35499-1 |
0-511-48748-7 |
0-511-35442-8 |
0-511-35384-7 |
0-511-35551-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and law |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Legal ethics |
Dignity |
Human rights |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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David Luban is one of the world's leading scholars of legal ethics. In this collection of his most significant papers 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 |
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