Moral Vision and Professional Decisions: The Changing Values of Women and Men Lawyers

by Dana Crowley Jack and Rand Jack

Book Overview

What does it mean today to "think like a lawyer"? Drawing on extensive interviews with men and women attorneys, the authors explore how moral reasoning affects lawyers' understanding of justice and their own role in promoting it. This examination of personal and institutional imperatives in the legal profession, illustrated with quotations from the lawyers themselves, raises questions that transcend traditional discussions of legal ethics. The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521424178
• ISBN13: 9780521424172
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"