An Essay on Professional EthicsT. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1860 - 158 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xxiv
... professional infidelity and mis- conduct . This brief sketch of the true province of legislation is enough to evince its vast import- How great is the influence of the law- ance . yers as a class upon legislation ! Let any man XXIV.
... professional infidelity and mis- conduct . This brief sketch of the true province of legislation is enough to evince its vast import- How great is the influence of the law- ance . yers as a class upon legislation ! Let any man XXIV.
الصفحة xxx
... conduct and the distribution of estates most conformed to the analogies of that system , which is familiar to the people in their common law . Great as is the influence which the profes- sion of the law can and does exercise upon the ...
... conduct and the distribution of estates most conformed to the analogies of that system , which is familiar to the people in their common law . Great as is the influence which the profes- sion of the law can and does exercise upon the ...
الصفحة xlvii
... conduct another cause resting upon the same question to a successful termination ? The very foun- dations of confidence and security are shaken . The law becomes a lottery , in which every man feels disposed to try his chance . Another ...
... conduct another cause resting upon the same question to a successful termination ? The very foun- dations of confidence and security are shaken . The law becomes a lottery , in which every man feels disposed to try his chance . Another ...
الصفحة 2
... conduct of professional life . It would not be a difficult task to de- claim in general propositions - to erect a per- fect standard and leave the practitioner to make his own application to particular cases . It is a difficult task ...
... conduct of professional life . It would not be a difficult task to de- claim in general propositions - to erect a per- fect standard and leave the practitioner to make his own application to particular cases . It is a difficult task ...
الصفحة 5
... in that case , " is a general appointment to conduct causes before the courts : this station , thus conferred by public authority , has its peculiar powers , privileges , and ] * that there should be added to the solemnity of the 5.
... in that case , " is a general appointment to conduct causes before the courts : this station , thus conferred by public authority , has its peculiar powers , privileges , and ] * that there should be added to the solemnity of the 5.
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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.