Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader Contributor(s): Carle, Susan D. (Editor), Gordon, Robert W. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0814716407 ISBN-13: 9780814716403 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction. "Susan Carle has done an extraordinary service. Her collection is sophisticated, challenging, and desperately needed. The legal academy is often sadly prone to treat the ethics of lawyering as an afterthought or a necessary nuisance. This smart collection of critical essays gives the subject the serious attention it deserves." "Carle has put together an important collection of readings. This book will be a valuable addition to any course on the legal profession." "Susan Carle's book brings together the best writings on the more visionary and justice-seeking goals of the legal profession. Lawyers should serve society, clients at large, as well as clients in need. This book will be assigned reading in courses devoted to lawyering and social justice--it should be required reading for all legal professionals." "Lawyers and law students alike will benefit from this volume's strong and persuasive reminder that traditional 'good' lawyering and a moral commitment to social justice can walk hand in hand. Teachers who want to remind students of why they came to law school--to leave the world a better place than they found it--will find this book a great asset." Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit ofSocial Justice broadens the discussion on legal ethics by first introducing the historical and theoretical background and then connecting it to real world issues while addressing lawyers' ethical obligations to work for social justice. The reader features differing critical approaches and opens up new avenues of ethical debate. While the literature included is diverse and interdisciplinary, it shares a vision of legal ethical inquiry as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Through a combination of provocative selections, lively writing, concrete examples of cases and social movements, and incisive editorial commentary, Lawyers Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice defines the emergence of an exciting new field of critical legal ethics scholarship. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Ethics & Professional Responsibility |
Dewey: 174.309 |
LCCN: 2005006775 |
Series: Critical America (New York University Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.04" W x 8.96" (1.26 lbs) 425 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
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Publisher Description: Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice broadens the discussion on legal ethics by first introducing the historical and theoretical background and then connecting it to real world issues while addressing lawyers' ethical obligations to work for social justice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carle, Susan D.: - Susan D. Carle is Professor of Law at Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, D.C. |