LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indictable Offence, Superior Court, Online Analytical Processing
5 Apr 2016
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Common law courts and advocacy 18th century developments signiicantly broadened the role of counsel. Until 20th century apprenticeship was key to training harvard initiated current educational mode socratic case method and dominance of law schools as educators. Consider: william garrow 18th and 19th century uk barrister. Common law mode of dispute resolution: two advocates represent opposed sides of a case and victory of one over the other is determined by a judge who is impartial and generally non- interventionist in the proceedings. Develops from duel or trial by combat models of dispute resolution. Lawyers are warrior poets or plumbers of the adversary system. The terrain the profession in canada today. About 60,000 lawyers in canada who are insured as practicing ; about. 20,000 are exempt but practicing - total of about 80,000 lawyers representing clients. About 100,000 lawyers in canada overall (some are non-practicing i. e. , retired, in non-practicing roles, on maternity, parental or other leaves)
