Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Mississippi State Bar Association, Volume 7, Part 1912Mississippi Printing Company, 1912 - Bar associations |
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... House of Lords its veto power in all money bills ( those relating to taxation and revenue ) , and greatly restricted it in all public bills . By the courtesy of Mr. Lowther , Speaker of the House of Commons , I was a spectator last ...
... House of Lords its veto power in all money bills ( those relating to taxation and revenue ) , and greatly restricted it in all public bills . By the courtesy of Mr. Lowther , Speaker of the House of Commons , I was a spectator last ...
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... House of Commons , ' leaving out the House of Lords and entirely eliminating it as a factor in all important legislation . Thus the triumphant march of Democracy goes on , and the procession is led by the Mother Country , and not by the ...
... House of Commons , ' leaving out the House of Lords and entirely eliminating it as a factor in all important legislation . Thus the triumphant march of Democracy goes on , and the procession is led by the Mother Country , and not by the ...
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Page 135 - 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...
Page 35 - Lords, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary, be presented to his Majesty and become an Act of Parliament on the Royal Assent being signified...
Page 137 - This cannot be forced, but must be the outcome of character and conduct. The publication or circulation of ordinary simple business cards, being a matter of personal taste or local custom, and sometimes of convenience, is not per se improper. But solicitation of business by circulars, or advertisements, or by personal communications or interviews, not warranted by personal relations, is unprofessional.
Page 130 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 139 - Responsibility for Litigation. No lawyer is obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person who may wish to become his client. He has the right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon his own responsibility must decide what business he will accept as counsel, what causes he will bring into Court for plaintiffs, what cases he will contest in Court for defendants.
Page 129 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 69 - ... all claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 132 - The aspiration of lawyers for judicial position should be governed by an impartial estimate of their ability to add honor to the office and not by a desire for the distinction the position may bring to themselves.
Page 135 - A lawyer should always treat adverse witnesses and suitors with fairness and due consideration, and he should never minister to the malevolence or prejudices of a client in the trial or conduct of a cause. The client cannot be made the keeper of the lawyer's 155 conscience in professional matters.
Page 135 - Restraining Clients from Improprieties. A lawyer should use his best efforts to restrain and to prevent his clients from doing those things which the lawyer himself ought not to do, particularly with reference to their conduct towards Courts, judicial officers, jurors, witnesses and suitors. If a client persists in such wrong-doing the lawyer should terminate their relation.