Martin Luther King Jr. and the Morality of Legal Practice

Lessons in Love and Justice

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Gebonden, 323 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781107031227
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2012 9781107031227
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This book seeks to reframe our understanding of the lawyer's work by exploring how Martin Luther King, Jr built his advocacy on a coherent set of moral claims regarding the demands of love and justice in light of human nature. King never shirked from staking out challenging claims of moral truth, even while remaining open to working with those who rejected those truths. His example should inspire the legal profession as a reminder that truth-telling, even in a society that often appears morally balkanized, has the capacity to move hearts and minds. At the same time, his example should give the profession pause, for King's success would have been impossible without his substantive views about human nature and the ends of justice. This book is an effort to reframe our conception of morality's relevance to professionalism through the lens provided by the public and prophetic advocacy of Dr King.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9781107031227
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:323

Inhoudsopgave

1. Human dignity: lawyers as (more than) technicians; 2. Agape: lawyers as subjects; 3. Personalism: lawyers as healers; 4. Justice: lawyers as prophets; 5. Realism: lawyers as fallen.

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