I cannot claim to have any peculiar
knowledge upon this subject other than that derived from a somewhat
brief practice of five years at the Bar, from an experience of eleven
years on the Bench of trial and appellate courts, from a somewhat varied
experience in the responsibility of government, not only in this
country, but in those far-distant isles of the Pacific in which the
United States has been grafting the principles of free government upon a
civilization inherited from Spain.
CONTENTS
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I. History of the Profession of Law. 1
II. Legal Ethics 19
III. The Executive Power 37
IV. The Signs of the Times 65
V. More Signs of the Times 83
CHAPTER I
HISTORY OF THE PROFESSION OF LAW
It is not too much to say that the profession of the law is more or less
on trial. It is certain that there is a crisis in the life of our
courts, and that a great political issue is being forced upon the
people, for they must decide whether the courts are to continue to
exercise the power they now have, and what character of service they
shall be required to render.
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