W Bradley Wendel
Biographic Data
| ID | 6349965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Bradley Wendel |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Bradley |
| FAMILY NAME | Wendel |
| SIGNATURE | WENDEL W B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9394-0891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lawyers and presidential lawfare
This article considers the presidential lawfare campaign conducted by Donald Trump in the first few months of his presidency against numerous large law firms. After first briefly considering the evolution of the term ‘lawfare,’ the article briefly recounts the effort by Trump to punish law firms that represented political opponents or clients taking positions with which he disagreed. The theoretical conclusion is that the political value of the r…
Controlling the delegation of control
How much control may a third-party litigation funder exercise over the conduct of litigation by the funded party? The conventional answer is “none whatsoever,” and that litigation funders must be purely passive investors. From the point of view of the ethics of the lawyer-client relationship, however, I do not see a problem with the client having contractual relationships with third parties that have an impact on the client’s litigation strategy …
Ethics and Law
Can someone be a good person yet act in a professional role that may involve deception, procedural trickery, withholding information, and working on behalf of terrible people and institutions? This question is at the heart of legal ethics. Using cases from around the common-law world, W. Bradley Wendel looks at issues including confidentiality, the moral responsibility of lawyers, and truth and deception in advocacy. He then examines the classic …
Legal obligation and authority
This chapter moves from conceptual questions about the nature of law to moral questions about the relationship between citizens and government. The notions of obligation and authority are central to the way we understand the role of law in society. If someone standing on a street corner told you to wear a helmet while riding your bicycle, you would probably reply, “says who?”, or something less polite. But if your town council got together and en…
Methodology and Perspective in the Theory of Lawyers’ Ethics
Professor Woolley's principal article identifies a fault line in the theory of legal ethics, between those who ask what a lawyer should do in a situation, and those, like Professor Markovits, who are concerned with how a lawyer should be. The first-personal turn in legal ethics emphasizes the lawyer's integrity or character, rather than impartial considerations such as the client's interests or legal rights. Professor Markovits, for example, fore…
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Methodology and Perspective in the Theory of Lawyers’ Ethics
Professor Woolley's principal article identifies a fault line in the theory of legal ethics, between those who ask what a lawyer should do in a situation, and those, like Professor Markovits, who are concerned with how a lawyer should be. The first-personal turn in legal ethics emphasizes the lawyer's integrity or character, rather than impartial considerations such as the client's interests or legal rights. Professor Markovits, for example, fore…
Ethics and Law
Can someone be a good person yet act in a professional role that may involve deception, procedural trickery, withholding information, and working on behalf of terrible people and institutions? This question is at the heart of legal ethics. Using cases from around the common-law world, W. Bradley Wendel looks at issues including confidentiality, the moral responsibility of lawyers, and truth and deception in advocacy. He then examines the classic …
Legal obligation and authority
This chapter moves from conceptual questions about the nature of law to moral questions about the relationship between citizens and government. The notions of obligation and authority are central to the way we understand the role of law in society. If someone standing on a street corner told you to wear a helmet while riding your bicycle, you would probably reply, “says who?”, or something less polite. But if your town council got together and en…
Controlling the delegation of control
How much control may a third-party litigation funder exercise over the conduct of litigation by the funded party? The conventional answer is “none whatsoever,” and that litigation funders must be purely passive investors. From the point of view of the ethics of the lawyer-client relationship, however, I do not see a problem with the client having contractual relationships with third parties that have an impact on the client’s litigation strategy …
Lawyers and presidential lawfare
This article considers the presidential lawfare campaign conducted by Donald Trump in the first few months of his presidency against numerous large law firms. After first briefly considering the evolution of the term ‘lawfare,’ the article briefly recounts the effort by Trump to punish law firms that represented political opponents or clients taking positions with which he disagreed. The theoretical conclusion is that the political value of the r…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Legal Ethics (2 works) · Legal profession (2 works) · Obligation (2 works) · Adjudication (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)