The lawyer in American society -- The judicial process -- The two rules of practice -- Planting the flag -- Enforced realism.
Summary
An important and thought-provoking addition to the literature on the ethics of lawyers. --Kimberly Kirkland, Franklin Pierce Law Center The Consciousness of the Litigator investigates the role of the lawyer in modern American political and social life and in the judicial process, and plumbs lawyers' perceptions of themselves, their work, and, especially, their sense of right and wrong. In so doing, the book sheds light on the unique and little-examined subject of the moral mind of the litigator, whose work extends to all corners of society and whose primary expertise--making legal ar.
