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University of Washington School of Law

2010

Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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The Effect Of Legal Professionalization On Moral Reasoning: A Reply To Professor Vischer And Professor Wendel, Michael Hatfield Jan 2010

The Effect Of Legal Professionalization On Moral Reasoning: A Reply To Professor Vischer And Professor Wendel, Michael Hatfield

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Responding to comments made on Professionalizing Moral Deference.


The Prosecutorial Ethic: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, Maureen Howard Jan 2010

The Prosecutorial Ethic: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, Maureen Howard

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Although the American trial system has been likened to an arena in which mental combatants fight “to the death ” (the verdict ), each warrior similarly skilled and equally committed to vanquishing the other in a forum with formal rules of engagement enforced by a learned and impartial judge, the role of the criminal prosecutor is qualitatively different from that of other advocates. This is because, unlike any other lawyer, a criminal prosecutor has an affirmative duty to the opposing party.