Behind lawyers' jokes

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Attorneys are vilified because their work often demands thay they bury their moral scruples. A successful defense of a corporate practice could result in increased risk of injury to workers. The adversarial legal structure in the US demands that every party have the right to a zealous advocate, but this system can stripe lawyers of moral perspective. Lawyers' intensive work schedule also leaves them little time to think of the moral implications of their work.

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Does being a lawyer make one schizoid? A new book of conversations among lawyers suggests that for many, the answer is yes

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'Lawyerland: What Lawyers Talk About When They Talk About the Law,' sets forth the thesis that what lawyers do in their practices, has an effect on their personal lives and their personalities. Constantly making distinctions between various cases and concepts, leads similarly to divisions within one's moral concept of oneself. In this excerpt the author talks to a lawyer who describes the experience of another lawyer who was in psychoanalysis.

Psychological aspects, Excerpt, Practice of law, Lawyerland: What Lawyers Talk About When They Talk About Law (Book)

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