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The Lawyer. Our Old-Man-of the-Sea

1913

the confidence of the public in BarristeJudges---Sir John Simon's bubble the whole duty of the advocate—appearance of the various bubbles as they soar overhead—the amusement of the childhood of the race. 118 CHAPTER X I V THE BLIGHT OF THE BAR No protection for the public against members of the Bar who neglect their duty—the Lex Cincia '—descent of Barrister's jackal on Solicitor—he demands a [...] Applying the usual standard of interpretation to the efforts of the special pleader we read this as a protest against the diminished efficiency of the public in the service of the Bar. [...] The whole question of the rights claimed by the authorities of the Temples is to be raised at the Guildhall in the interests of the ratepayers. [...] Instead of the ideally perfect condition of the old Chancery days when the solemn bass of the Judge the sounding brass of the barrister and the tinkling cymbal of the attorney made sweet music a jarring note is occasionally heard. [...] Purblind confidence in the solicitor has contributed enormously to the aggrandisement of the legal profession and in an increasing number of cases to the ruin of the client.] In any matter In the Anomalies of English Law the author a barrister of the Middle Temple; says : The present writer holds no brief to attack the profession of solicitor : quite the contrary.
law
Pages
579
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145502
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xxviii William Durran view
Chapter I the Advocate
1-6 William Durran view
Chapter II the Advocate (in His Corporate Capacity)
7-16 William Durran view
Chapter III the Solicitor
17-25 William Durran view
Chapter IV the Jury
26-31 William Durran view
Chapter V Dear Legalism
32-39 William Durran view
Chapter VI Bench and Bar in England
40-47 William Durran view
Chapter VII Bench and Bar in the United States
48-60 William Durran view
Chapter VIII Bench and Bar in India
61-80 William Durran view
Chapter IX A Famous Case
81-86 William Durran view
Chapter X Equality Before the Law
87-96 William Durran view
Chapter XI the Common Law
97-109 William Durran view
Chapter XII Some Freaks of Common Law
110-117 William Durran view
Chapter XIII the Special Pleader
118-124 William Durran view
Chapter XIV the Blight of the Bar
125-131 William Durran view
Chapter XV the Blight of the Bar—II.(A Case in Point)
132-137 William Durran view
Chapter XVI the Statue of Frauds
138-147 William Durran view
Chapter XVII Our Treatment of Illegitimates
148-154 William Durran view
Chapter XVIII Our Care of the Spendthrift
155-164 William Durran view
Chapter XIX Our Marriage Laws
165-170 William Durran view
Chpater XX Divorce
171-178 William Durran view
Chapter XXI the Law of Libel
179-186 William Durran view
Chapter XXII the Magistrate
187-199 William Durran view
Chapter XXIII the Cynics of Bar and Bench
200-217 William Durran view
Chapter XXIV the Judge
218-244 William Durran view
Chapter XXV Conclusion
245-284 William Durran view
Appendices
285-532 William Durran view
Index
533-551 William Durran view

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