The Practice of Law As Moral Discourse

Authors

Thomas L. Shaffer, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1979

Publication Information

55 Notre Dame L. 231 (1979-1980)

Abstract

The beginning and end of a lawyer's professional life is talking with a client about what is to be done. I My claim here is that this is a moral conversation. I will suggest three ethical orientations which seem to govern the conversation, and then weigh the adequacy of each of the three orientations.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Notre Dame Law Review (previously Notre Dame Lawyer).

Recommended Citation

Thomas L. Shaffer, The Practice of Law As Moral Discourse, 55 Notre Dame L. 231 (1979-1980).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/930