I Do Solemnly Swear : the Moral Obligations of Legal Officials

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: I Do Solemnly Swear : the Moral Obligations of Legal Officials/ Steve Sheppard.

Notes

• Law and office -- The stakes : the interests of others in official actions -- Officials' obligations arise from more than the law alone -- The moral obligations of legal officials -- Patterns of relationship between legal and moral obligations -- Breaching obligations -- Tools for the trade : maxims and fallacies.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780511626678; 0511626673; 9780521513685; 0521513685; 9780521735087; 0521735084
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1167909972

Publication Statement

• Place: Cambridge
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Date: 2009

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource (306 pages)

Table Of Contents

• Law and office -- The stakes : the interests of others in official actions -- Officials' obligations arise from more than the law alone -- The moral obligations of legal officials -- Patterns of relationship between legal and moral obligations -- Breaching obligations -- Tools for the trade : maxims and fallacies.

Summary

• This book asks whether officials can be moral and still follow the law, answering that the law requires them to do so.

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