Martin Luther King Jr. and the morality of legal practice : lessons in love and justice / Robert K. Vischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vischer, Robert K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

King, Martin Luther.

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

Law--Moral and ethical aspects.

Law.

United States.

Law--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Martin Luther King Jr. & the Morality of Legal Practice

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Human dignity : lawyers as (more than) technicians

Agape : lawyers as subjects

Personalism : lawyers as healers

Justice : lawyers as prophets

Realism : lawyers as fallen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781139381352

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.