A Topic of Moral Theology
In Lawyers
The advocate's duties in a lawsuit: which causes he may take, and what he owes the court and his client.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Lawyer · Advocate · Witness · Defamation · Divorce · Judge · Notary public · Restitution · Separation from bed and board
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter II. Duties of Advocates, n. 2 — With reference to the duties of the advocate toward his client, he must, of course, have the requisite knowledge and skill to undertake the case according to the reasonable expectations of his client, and he must exercis… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Chapter VII. The Properties of Marriage, n. 4 — Although questions concerning divorce and the separation of married people belong of right to the ecclesiastical court, in most modern States the civil authority claims and exercises jurisdiction in these matters. May Ca… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Lawyers, nn. 1995–2008 (14 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Advocates — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions 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 · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)