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Ethical Issues In The Representation Of Individuals In The Commitment Process, Michael L. Perlin, Robert L. Sadoff
Ethical Issues In The Representation Of Individuals In The Commitment Process, Michael L. Perlin, Robert L. Sadoff
Law and Contemporary Problems
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Solicitation And The Uncertain Status Of The Code Of Professional Responsibility In Kentucky, Eugene R. Gaetke
Solicitation And The Uncertain Status Of The Code Of Professional Responsibility In Kentucky, Eugene R. Gaetke
Kentucky Law Journal
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Attorney Accountability In Kentucky--Liability To Clients And Third Parties, Gerald P. Johnston
Attorney Accountability In Kentucky--Liability To Clients And Third Parties, Gerald P. Johnston
Kentucky Law Journal
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Christian Lawyer Stories And American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Christian Lawyer Stories And American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Journal Articles
My view of legal ethics rests on, or at least involves, a couple of biases. For one thing, I think of legal ethics as an ethical subject rather than as a legal subject. When it comes to "professional responsibility" I am more interested in morals than I am in law. In this (and in very little else), I am in agreement with Dean Monroe Freedman, who said, in a lecture dedicated to the memory of Pope John XXIII, that the question which interests him is whether a good person can be a lawyer. For Freedman, I think, and for me, …
David Hoffman's Law School Lectures, 1822-1833, Thomas L. Shaffer
David Hoffman's Law School Lectures, 1822-1833, Thomas L. Shaffer
Journal Articles
The Baltimore lawyer and teacher David Hoffman (1784-1854), the father of American legal ethics, was also the first of the systematic American legal educators. He held one of the first appointments in this country as a university law professor (at the University of Maryland, 1814-43) and wrote the first American outline of the study of law. Joseph Story, in a contemporary review of the 1817 Course, called Hoffman's work "an honour to our country[,] . . . by far the most perfect system for the study of the law that has ever been offered to the public. " Chancellor James …
Moral Theology In Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Moral Theology In Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Journal Articles
I am talking at a Lutheran university and therefore should probably have some theses, some propositions that I could nail to the chapel door. But I'm afraid I have failed Martin Luther: I have only one thesis and it is not ready for a nail. It is still as much a question as a thesis. My question is whether there is any point in including moral theology in the study of legal ethics in the university. Let me be candid: I teach the typical required course in "professional responsibility," and I do a lot of writing on ethics, and I …
The Judge's Role In The Enforcement Of Ethics - Fear And Learning In The Profession, John M. Levy
The Judge's Role In The Enforcement Of Ethics - Fear And Learning In The Profession, John M. Levy
Santa Clara Law Review
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