Luban, David, 1949-

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 ; Law yers as upholders of human dignity (when they aren't busy assaulting it ) -- pt. II. The jurisprudence of legal ethics. Natural law as professi onal ethics: a reading of Fuller ; A different nightmare and a differen t dream ; The torture lawyers of Washington -- pt. III. Moral complicat ions 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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Legal ethics.
Dignity.
Human rights.

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