The Status of Legal Ethics |
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| Author:
| Skuczynski, Pawel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-14553-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $70.95 |
Book Description:
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The basic aim of the study is to describe the ambiguity of the term legal ethics in the context of different traditions and conceptions. The three most important traditions of legal ethics are: the French, with the categories of virtue and inde pendence, the American, with the ideas of loyalty and professional duties, and the German, with professional roles and obedience. On that base, a theory of critical legal ethics is developed. It claims that the subject of legal ethics consists...
More DescriptionThe basic aim of the study is to describe the ambiguity of the term legal ethics in the context of different traditions and conceptions. The three most important traditions of legal ethics are: the French, with the categories of virtue and inde pendence, the American, with the ideas of loyalty and professional duties, and the German, with professional roles and obedience. On that base, a theory of critical legal ethics is developed. It claims that the subject of legal ethics consists of three planes deontological, social and moral. Further it is examined, whether chosen legal-philosophical conceptions contain any legal ethics conceptions and what could be the interdisciplinary research program of legal ethics."