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UNINA9910453048403321 |
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Autore |
Vischer Robert K. |
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Titolo |
Martin Luther King Jr. and the morality of legal practice : lessons in love and justice / / Robert K. Vischer [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-139-61110-0 |
1-107-23768-8 |
1-139-61296-4 |
1-139-60929-7 |
1-139-61668-4 |
1-139-62598-5 |
1-139-38135-0 |
1-283-87066-5 |
1-139-62226-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lawyers - United States |
Law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
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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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Human dignity : lawyers as (more than) technicians -- Agape : lawyers as subjects -- Personalism : lawyers as healers -- Justice : lawyers as prophets -- Realism : lawyers as fallen. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book seeks to reframe our understanding of the lawyer's work by exploring how Martin Luther King, Jr built his advocacy on a coherent set of moral claims regarding the demands of love and justice in light of human nature. King never shirked from staking out challenging claims of moral truth, even while remaining open to working with those who rejected those truths. His example should inspire the legal profession as a reminder that truth-telling, even in a society that often appears morally balkanized, has the capacity to move hearts and minds. At the same time, his example should give the profession pause, for King's success would have been impossible without his |
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