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Divorcing the Defense of Marriage Act: Judicial Tensions in Upholding the Legislated Preclusion of Federal Same-Sex Marital Rights
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Purported Rigidity of an Attorney\u27s Personality: Can Legal Ethics Be Acquired?
No full textThe purpose of this article is to critique the idea that lawyers have certain inherent unchangeable characteristics. We argue that, based on psychological literature, personality is constructed; it is built by the social arrangements that create the legal system and the profession. From this vantage point, lawyers\u27 behavior is not infinitely malleable, but is certainly capable of self-conscious improvement
