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... advocacy of his client's interests should overcome his independence , and that his usefulness , as a true friend of the court , should diminish . Originally , the client could not read or write ; and notwithstanding that the law was ...
... advocacy of his client's interests should overcome his independence , and that his usefulness , as a true friend of the court , should diminish . Originally , the client could not read or write ; and notwithstanding that the law was ...
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... advocacy - often to gross exaggeration of facts - and sometimes to crime . Inordinate zeal for clients , and ... advocates guilty of collusive or deceitful practices . The only importance of the above references is to show 10 THE ...
... advocacy - often to gross exaggeration of facts - and sometimes to crime . Inordinate zeal for clients , and ... advocates guilty of collusive or deceitful practices . The only importance of the above references is to show 10 THE ...
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... advocates ; " commercialism " did not ex- ist ; there were less legal tricks or technical legerdemain to resort to ... advocate's nose is always to be found in a digest , " case " -law accumulat- ing so fast that he must have indices ...
... advocates ; " commercialism " did not ex- ist ; there were less legal tricks or technical legerdemain to resort to ... advocate's nose is always to be found in a digest , " case " -law accumulat- ing so fast that he must have indices ...
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... advocate was regarded as the most honorable and splendid in civic life . It was the social Ultima Thule . It was the goal to which the intellectual and ambitious youths of the nation strove to reach PAST AND PRESENT LAWYERS . 25.
... advocate was regarded as the most honorable and splendid in civic life . It was the social Ultima Thule . It was the goal to which the intellectual and ambitious youths of the nation strove to reach PAST AND PRESENT LAWYERS . 25.
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... often go astray ; but not in a greater proportion than long ago . The distinction I am trying to make clear is , that in times past the advocates and advocacy were different . The lawyers before the 28 THE AMERICAN LAWYER .
... often go astray ; but not in a greater proportion than long ago . The distinction I am trying to make clear is , that in times past the advocates and advocacy were different . The lawyers before the 28 THE AMERICAN LAWYER .
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