CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, Sarah Palin, Urukagina
25 Sep 2016
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What kind of law lawyers do and what they might get paid A lawyer is a minister of justice, an officer of the courts, a client"s advocate and a member of an ancient, honorable and learned profession. Maintain the authority and dignity of the courts. Be candid and courteous in relations with other lawyers. Discipline of lawyers transparency : hearings included city bencher, a lawyer, member of the public. Ur-nammu 2100 bc (murder begets death/loss of tooth work 10 shekels) Magna carta: king john was cornered by barons who wanted to preserve the federal rights they had written guarantees. Codified existing status quo: council of 25 barons could overturn certain of the king"s decisions (a precursor of a p ?, start to the end of absolutism. The king"s authority was no longer absolute: freemen and villeins weren"t granted any more rights than they had, magna carta protected rights of the muckymucks, didn"t do much for working class.
