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  • Legal Terms in plain English

    Legal Terms in plain English Introduction The general public does not always understand the language taught in law schools and used among lawyers. Some of them try to explain legal terms and concepts in a simple nonlegal language. Using plain English may help non-lawyers understand legal words and phrases, and a tool for lawyers when…

  • Edward Patrick Morris

    Edward Patrick Morris Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris (1859 1935) was a lawyer and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949). He was born at St. John’s, Newfoundland, May 8 1859, and was educated at St. Bonaventure’s College and the university of Ottawa. In 1884…

  • Desider Szilagyi

    Desider Szilagyi Desider Szilagyi (1840-1901), Hungarian statesman and jurist, was born at Nagyvarad (Grosswardein) on April 1 1840. He studied law at Budapest, Vienna, and in Germany, and early attracted attention by his articles on law and politics. As head of a section in the Hungarian Ministry of Justice he travelled on a commission from…

  • Root, Elihu

    Root, Elihu Introduction Root, Elihu (1845-1937), American lawyer and political leader, was elected president of the N.Y. State Bar Association in 1910 (year in which won a Nobel prize), and chairman of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1913, and President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1910…

  • Hammarskjold, Hjalmar

    Hammarskjold, Hjalmar HAMMARSKJà-LD, HJALMAR (1862-1953), Swedish statesman, was born in 1862, and educated at Upsala University, where he became professor of civil law. He gradually established his reputation as a jurist, and took a prominent part in national politics. In 1901 he joined von Otter’s Ministry, and was Minister of Justice till it resigned in…

  • Heinrich Lammasch

    Heinrich Lammasch (1853-1920); Austrian jurist and statesman, was born on May 18 1853. He was professor of criminal and international law, a member of the Hague Arbitration Tribunal, and in 1918 the prime minister of Austria. He qualified for the teaching faculty at Vienna in 1878. His pioneer pamphlet on the objective danger in the…

  • Lawyer’s history

    Lawyer’s history Ancient Greece The earliest people who could be described as “lawyers”were probably the orators of ancient Athens (see History of Athens). However, Athenian orators faced serious structural obstacles. First, there was a rule that individuals were supposed to plead their own cases, which was soon bypassed by the increasing tendency of individuals to…