The Lost Lawyer - Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession

In this stirring analysis, Anthony Kronman describes a spiritual crisis affecting the American legal profession. He attributes it to the collapse of what he calls the ideal of the lawyer-statesman: a set of values that prizes good judgment above technical competence and that encourages a public-spirited devotion to the law.

List of contents

Introduction PART ONE: Ideas 1. An Embarrassed Virtue 2. Practical Wisdom and Political Fraternity 3. The Good Lawyer PART TWO: Realities 4. Law Schools 5. Law Firms 6. Courts 7. Honesty and Hope Notes Index

About the author

Anthony T. Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Summary

In this stirring analysis, Anthony Kronman describes a spiritual crisis affecting the American legal profession. He attributes it to the collapse of what he calls the ideal of the lawyer-statesman: a set of values that prizes good judgment above technical competence and that encourages a public-spirited devotion to the law.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony T. Kronman, Kronman Anthony T.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1995
• EAN: 9780674539273
• ISBN: 978-0-674-53927-3
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / General Practice, LAW / Legal Profession, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, Legal profession: general, Legal profession / practice of law: general