Bar exams, legal ethics and the fight against corruption: lessons from Brazil

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/1460728X.2020.1822098

K. Economides, Joaquim Leonel de Rezende Alvim

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article we explain the specific contribution of Bar exams to the professional socialisation of Brazilian lawyer leaders through examining their changing content, particularly the coverage of and balance between commercial and public interests. Understanding what drives curriculum change, as reflected in vocational assessment, could inform the future skills and ethical components of preparatory training of lawyers that in turn might hold implications for the fight against corruption. While we aim to demystify some of the myths surrounding Brazilian lawyers’ ethical conduct, that often are reinforced by misleading and unrealistic media representations of legal heroism, we claim the ethical content of vocational Bar exams can still offer valuable insights into the formation of professional character, including the ability of lawyers to fully comprehend and connect with underlying fundamental values and interests that support both professional and state power. At the same time, we must recognise ethical training has its limits and can only ever go so far in helping to eradicate corruption. Our broad claim is that lessons emerging from recent Brazilian experience could, with some caveats, potentially guide and inform future developments in legal education and training elsewhere.

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律师考试、法律伦理与反腐败斗争：巴西的经验教训

摘要在本文中，我们通过考察律师考试不断变化的内容，特别是商业利益和公共利益的涵盖范围和平衡，来解释律师考试对巴西律师领袖职业社会化的具体贡献。了解职业评估中反映的课程改革的驱动因素，可以为律师预备培训的未来技能和道德组成部分提供信息，这反过来可能对反腐败斗争产生影响。虽然我们的目标是揭开围绕巴西律师道德行为的一些神话的神秘面纱，这些神话往往因媒体对法律英雄主义的误导和不切实际的描述而得到强化，但我们声称，职业律师考试的道德内容仍然可以为职业品格的形成提供宝贵的见解，包括律师充分理解和联系支持职业和国家权力的基本价值观和利益的能力。与此同时，我们必须认识到，道德培训有其局限性，在帮助根除腐败方面只能走得更远。我们的广泛主张是，从巴西最近的经验中得出的教训，加上一些警告，可能会指导和告知其他地方法律教育和培训的未来发展。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.