Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Adam Smith war nicht nur einer der Begrunder der Nationalokonomie, sondern auch Moralphilosoph, der in Vorlesungsmitschriften erhaltene Lectures on Jurisprudence hielt. Sein Vorhaben, eine umfassende Theorie des Rechts zu verfassen, konnte er nicht mehr verwirklichen und lie von seinen Testamentsvollstreckern alle Entwurfe verbrennen. Die Hauptwerke enthalten aber so viele einschlagige Stellen, dass man sein rechtstheoretisches Konzept uber weite Strecken rekonstruieren kann. Dabei ergeben sich buchstablich brandaktuelleEinsichten: Seinen Vorschlag eines die Freiheit der...

The collection of rulings publishes the administration of justice by governmental courts in the Federal Republic of Germany pertaining to the relationship of church and state, and also regarding further problems which are characterized by the relevance of religious concerns.

"Rulings in Ecclesiastical Matters Since 1946"]
The collection of rulings publishes the administration of justice by governmental courts in the Federal Republic of Germany pertaining to the relationship of church and state, and also regarding further problems which are characterized by the relevance of religious concerns.

Can harsh interrogation techniques and torture ever be morally justified for a nation at war or under the threat of imminent attack? In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist strikes, the United States and other liberal democracies were forced to grapple once again with the issue of balancing national security concerns against the protection of individual civil and political rights. This question was particularly poignant when US forces took prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq who arguably had information about additional attacks. In this volume, ethicist Paul Lauritzen takes on...

A Modern Legal Ethics proposes a wholesale renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally.

Daniel Markovits reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify fidelity as its organizing ideal. Unlike ordinary loyalty, fidelity requires lawyers to repress their personal judgments concerning the truth and justice of their clients' claims. Next, the book asks what it is like--not psychologically but ethically--to practice law subject to the self-effacement that fidelity demands. Fidelity requires lawyers to lie and to cheat on...