The advocate and unjust causes

Which cases he may take; criminal defence; civil suits.

The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

a lawyer defending the guilty · taking an unjust case (ed.)

In the index as Advocate · Accused Person · Advocates · Divorce · Cause · Civil · Clients · Cooperation · Examination · Falsification · Fraud · Lie · One Drawing Back · Probabilism · Salary · Those Hindering · Writings

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Part Fourth. On Particular…, Question Fourth. On the Advocate, nn. 735, 736, 737 & 738 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter II. Duties of Advocates, n. 1 — AN advocate is one who undertakes to assist litigants by his advice and help and by pleading their case before the judge. For the purposes of moral theology we may neglect the technical differences between barristers and… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IV. On Advocates, Procurators, and Referendaries, nn. 36, 37 & 38 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 31 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Four: On Public J…, Article III: On Advocates, nn. ¶1, 643 & 644 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. I, Chapter II. On the Obligations of Advocates, nn. 561, 561, Q. 2, 561, Q. 3, 561, Q. 4, 561, Q. 5 & 561, Q. 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. V, Chapter IX — On the obligations of those who serve the courts, n. V — V. QUESTION II. Is it lawful for an advocate to defend a less probable cause? ANSWER. Some affirm it. In few words I shall settle the matter. An advocate sins: first, if he defend a cause known to be unjust; second, if h… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 21 passages

Tr. I, Disputation XXXI: On the A…, Question II: On the sins of a wicked advocate, nn. 1–21 (21 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Advocates — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)