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Ethics and the law: an introduction
Legal Ethics ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2016-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/1460728x.2016.1190103
Tim Dare 1
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‘Legal ethics’ is a broad church, embracing the legal regulation of lawyers as well as the empirical, historical, sociological and – since the mid-1970s – philosophical study of legal practice. Ethics and the Law is the first book-length introduction to this last, philosophical, thread. Brad Wendel is a singularly appropriate author for such an introduction. He is a lawyer and a philosopher, a leading contributor to contemporary philosophical legal ethics, and he writes clearly and engagingly. Ethics and the Law is divided into two parts. The first part introduces a range of philosophical issues raised by the ethical analysis of legal practice; the idea of role differentiation; reflective equilibrium and the form of common justifications of legal practice; the justification of the legal system itself, particularly the adversary system; connections between leading positions in the philosophy of law and legal ethics; questions about the relationship between citizens and government and the notions of obligation and obedience; and the challenge of unjust laws. The second part is motivated by appreciation that the role of lawyer is not monolithic: there are many ‘law jobs’ – lawyers work as criminal defenders, as prosecutors, within civil litigation, as in-house or company counsel, representing clients in courts or as adviser or counsel in matters never likely to be independently examined, and so on. These roles raise distinct ethical issues that are identified and discussed in chapters dedicated to each of the selected law jobs. This is for the most part a very good introduction. The book displays its author’s mastery of an impressive range of material. It includes engaging and deeply troubling cases, such as the one it starts with, in which client confidentiality leads lawyers to sit on a confession that might have spared an innocent man 25 years in prison, gives a sense how justification might proceed in applied ethics, and in legal ethics in particular, and draws connections between legal ethics and broader philosophical issues. The chapters on the multiple roles of lawyers in the second part are both nuanced treatments in their own right and an important reminder of the need for proper regard to the detail of particular roles within law. Too many write as though all lawyers work in court, or deep in the shadow of litigation. Wendel’s introduction is a reminder that that is not so, and why it matters. Inevitably, there are quibbles. The authors of introductory texts tread a fine line when drawing connections between their topics and broader issues: the connections can enrich new readers’ understanding of the core topic, or puzzle and confuse. Mainly, I think Wendel gets it right but occasionally he delivers a perfectly good introduction to some aspect of social or moral philosophy without making its connections to legal ethics very clear. Chapter 4, on the philosophy of law, is a useful primer on legal positivism and natural law theory, for instance (though the omission of legal realism at this point is curious, since the view has been an influential foil in legal ethics), but the discussion turns to legal ethics only very late in the piece. Chapter 5 introduces a range of views about

中文翻译:

道德与法律:导论

“法律伦理学”是一个广泛的教会,包括对律师的法律规定以及对法律实践的实证、历史、社会学和哲学研究(自 1970 年代中期以来)。伦理与法律是对这最后一个哲学线索的第一本书长度的介绍。布拉德·温德尔 (Brad Wendel) 是这样一个介绍的非常合适的作者。他是一名律师和哲学家,是当代哲学法律伦理的主要贡献者,他的文章清晰而引人入胜。道德与法律分为两部分。第一部分介绍了法律实践的伦理分析所引发的一系列哲学问题;角色分化的思想;反思均衡和法律实践的共同理由的形式;法律制度本身的正当性,尤其是对抗制度;法律哲学与法律伦理的领导地位之间的联系;关于公民与政府之间的关系以及义务和服从概念的问题;以及不公正法律的挑战。第二部分的动机是认识到律师的作用不是单一的:有许多“法律工作”——律师作为刑事辩护人、检察官、民事诉讼中、内部或公司法律顾问、在法庭上代表客户或在不可能独立审查的事项中担任顾问或法律顾问,等等。这些角色引发了不同的道德问题,这些问题在专门针对每个选定法律工作的章节中进行了确定和讨论。这在很大程度上是一个非常好的介绍。这本书展示了作者对一系列令人印象深刻的材料的掌握。它包括引人入胜且令人深感不安的案例,例如它开头的案例,在该案例中,客户保密导致律师坐在供词上,这可能会使一个无辜的人免于 25 年的监禁,给人一种感觉如何在应用伦理中进行辩护,尤其是在法律伦理方面,并在法律伦理和更广泛的哲学问题之间建立联系。第二部分中关于律师多重角色的章节本身既是细致入微的处理,也是对需要适当考虑法律中特定角色细节的重要提醒。太多人写的好像所有律师都在法庭上工作,或者深陷诉讼阴影中。温德尔的介绍提醒人们,事实并非如此,以及为什么这很重要。不可避免地,有一些狡辩。介绍性文本的作者在他们的主题和更广泛的问题之间建立联系时会小心翼翼:这种联系可以丰富新读者对核心主题的理解,或者使人感到困惑和困惑。主要是,我认为温德尔是对的,但有时他对社会或道德哲学的某些方面进行了非常好的介绍,但没有非常清楚地说明其与法律伦理的联系。例如,关于法哲学的第 4 章是关于法律实证主义和自然法理论的有用入门书(尽管在这一点上省略了法律实在论很奇怪,因为该观点一直是法律伦理学的一个有影响力的陪衬),但是讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 这些联系可以丰富新读者对核心主题的理解,也可以使读者感到困惑和困惑。主要是,我认为温德尔是对的,但有时他对社会或道德哲学的某些方面进行了非常好的介绍,但没有非常清楚地说明其与法律伦理的联系。例如,关于法哲学的第 4 章是关于法律实证主义和自然法理论的有用入门书(尽管在这一点上省略了法律实在论很奇怪,因为该观点一直是法律伦理学的一个有影响力的陪衬),但是讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 这些联系可以丰富新读者对核心主题的理解,也可以使读者感到困惑和困惑。主要是,我认为温德尔是对的,但有时他对社会或道德哲学的某些方面进行了非常好的介绍,但没有非常清楚地说明其与法律伦理的联系。例如,关于法哲学的第 4 章是关于法律实证主义和自然法理论的有用入门书(尽管在这一点上省略了法律实在论很奇怪,因为该观点一直是法律伦理学的一个有影响力的陪衬),但是讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 我认为温德尔说得对,但有时他对社会或道德哲学的某些方面进行了非常好的介绍,而没有非常清楚地说明其与法律伦理的联系。例如,关于法哲学的第 4 章是关于法律实证主义和自然法理论的有用入门书(尽管在这一点上省略了法律实在论很奇怪,因为该观点一直是法律伦理学的一个有影响力的陪衬),但是讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 我认为温德尔说得对,但有时他对社会或道德哲学的某些方面进行了非常好的介绍,而没有非常清楚地说明其与法律伦理的联系。例如,关于法哲学的第 4 章是关于法律实证主义和自然法理论的有用的入门读物(尽管在这一点上省略了法律实在论是奇怪的,因为该观点一直是法律伦理的一个有影响力的陪衬),但是讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 但讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于 但讨论到最后才转向法律伦理。第 5 章介绍了一系列关于
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