W. Bradley Wendel on the History of Philosophical Legal Ethics

In this episode, W. Bradley Wendel, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, discusses his article "Philosophical Legal Ethics: An Affectionate History," which he co-authored with David Luban of Georgetown University Law Center, and which appeared in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. Wendel begins by describing the first and second waves of philosophical legal ethics scholarship. He explains the normative concerns that animated the first wave of legal ethics scholarship, and responses to its criticisms. And he reflects on the emergence of second wave legal ethics scholarship, and how it reframed the inquiry into legal ethics. Wendel's scholarship is available on SSRN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.