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Cornell University Law School

Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

2012

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Plea Bargaining And The Right To The Effective Assistance Of Counsel: Where The Rubber Hits The Road In Capital Cases, John H. Blume Dec 2012

Plea Bargaining And The Right To The Effective Assistance Of Counsel: Where The Rubber Hits The Road In Capital Cases, John H. Blume

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Legal Ethics Is About The Law, Not Morality Or Justice: A Reply To Critics, W. Bradley Wendel Feb 2012

Legal Ethics Is About The Law, Not Morality Or Justice: A Reply To Critics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In this brief response I address critiques of my book, Lawyers and Fidelity to Law, in the Texas Law Review by Tony Alfieri, Kate Kruse, David Luban, Steve Pepper, and Bill Simon. Although the critical response varies in detail, in general one can understand our differences using H.L.A. Hart's idea of an opposition between the nightmare and the noble dream of some practice or institution. A theory of law or legal ethics may be animated by a fear that a different approach is the road to some imagined hell, and I think this metaphor helps explain some of the points …