I consider Batman neutral good for the most part, although it really depends on the writer (Frank Miller Batman, for example, is a lot more authoritarian than many other takes on him). In general, though, he's not afraid to get his hands dirty if it's necessary to protect people, but he (almost) always stops short of killing people and generally respects the law in cases where it's justifiable. Some writers have him as obviously chaotic good, some writers have him as obviously lawful good, but on the whole in most portrayals he comes across as neutral good to me. (For example, Dark Knight Trilogy Batman so terrifies the trout out of drug dealers that they are willing to call the police on him, but he also works with the police in cases where it's necessary to protect the city. That seems like neutral good to me).
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