An Essay on Professional EthicsT. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1860 - 158 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xv
... live in communi- ties , as the ant , the bee , and the beaver , have observed not only a settled system and subordination , but the existence of some won- derful faculty , like articulate speech , by which communication takes place from ...
... live in communi- ties , as the ant , the bee , and the beaver , have observed not only a settled system and subordination , but the existence of some won- derful faculty , like articulate speech , by which communication takes place from ...
الصفحة xxx
... is intrusted necessarily to lawyers . In this country we live under the protection of written constitutions ; not only so , but written constitutions , which have assumed to place limits upon the power of majorities , act- ing XXX.
... is intrusted necessarily to lawyers . In this country we live under the protection of written constitutions ; not only so , but written constitutions , which have assumed to place limits upon the power of majorities , act- ing XXX.
الصفحة 9
... live in a coun try , in which justice according to law is impar- tially administered . Counsel should bear in mind also the wearisomeness of a judge's office ; how much he sees and hears in the course of a long session , to try his ...
... live in a coun try , in which justice according to law is impar- tially administered . Counsel should bear in mind also the wearisomeness of a judge's office ; how much he sees and hears in the course of a long session , to try his ...
الصفحة 20
... lives . He should never unnecessarily have a personal difficulty with a professional brother . He should neither give nor provoke insult . Nowhere more than at the Bar is that advice valuable : " Beware Of entrance to a quarrel ; but ...
... lives . He should never unnecessarily have a personal difficulty with a professional brother . He should neither give nor provoke insult . Nowhere more than at the Bar is that advice valuable : " Beware Of entrance to a quarrel ; but ...
الصفحة 32
... Lives of the Chief Justices , 412. There is the following curious note by Bax- ter in Burnet's Life of Hale . " And indeed Judge Hale would tell me that Bishop Usher was much prejudiced against lawyers because the worst causes find ...
... Lives of the Chief Justices , 412. There is the following curious note by Bax- ter in Burnet's Life of Hale . " And indeed Judge Hale would tell me that Bishop Usher was much prejudiced against lawyers because the worst causes find ...
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الصفحة 20 - Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
الصفحة xxxiii - It would declare that an act, which, according to the principles and theory of our government, is entirely void; is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. It would declare, that if the legislature shall do what is expressly forbidden, such act, notwithstanding the express prohibition, is in reality effectual. It would be giving to the legislature a practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...
الصفحة 36 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
الصفحة 24 - entire devotion to the interest of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights and the exertion of his utmost learning and ability...
الصفحة 30 - ... them, to himself, is his first and only duty ; and in performing this duty he must not regard the alarm, the torments, the destruction which he may bring upon others.
الصفحة 123 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans
الصفحة 1 - There is, perhaps, no profession after that of the sacred ministry, in which a high-toned morality is more imperatively necessary than that of the law.
الصفحة xxxii - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution; if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty. If, then, the courts are to regard the Constitution, and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act...
الصفحة xxxvi - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
الصفحة 133 - Up to this morning I believed most firmly in his innocence; and so did many others as well as myself. 'I have sent for you, gentlemen,' said he, 'to tell you I committed the murder!" When I could speak, which was not immediately, I said : 'Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty?' 'No, sir,' was the reply; 'I expect you to defend me to the utmost.