Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-16
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'Ch6E peADN : LECTURE REFORE A LAW CIASS
on last Tuesday evening Judge NJ T. Deadly. az
Oregon. delivered before the students sni faculty
OF the Law departments Georgetown University A
lecture on Law and Lawyers. the second al the
TWO lectures adNeri >ed some time aaa 10 b, yIyen
~ him. III proved 10 be more Interesting even
thah tc previous one on the ''.urN system" OF
"a1ch !, bilti a'vooat W as given last Meek.
Ihe lecturer traced the growth oI our common
"a" Iiyin Inc rude ar1iitalnom - war. which, in
IN 'aftl i"uial daNNol Europa, constituted almost
the sole no ie for the settlement NOT ONLY OF rubr
CUT OF private difficulties, and which has lett a
lingering trace In tAc Sn-called 'COle OF honor
thf uGef throuGh lac ordeal hl IRE ana wpier ma
DINER Stmi-IcliZi0uS modes OF appeal 10 the de-
cl>lon Of Heaven, down 10 the present rgul n s,s-
t"m Tor the adjudication OF controversies IN the
ihtrh enllon oi regularly constituted courts 81 ius-
tite. IL Showed how the 'ITHce of God" prl-
c,aimcd by Bishop OF Aquitanie IN \. ID. IN. was
~: nis' liAipil3ht N1'p towards the breaking up
ul tn system OF priyat" War: aud that The iluer-
= uouN modes OF decision 10y the ordeal of Are and
water and the coF~ntd were great impr Moments
on the appeal To arms: Yet the .'kKaCcr OF bgtI!t"
unnamed among the legal modes ot rcircss in
continental Europe dOWa 10 a quite recent n-rlai:
ai, ia EhSidhd The Last Instance o; fir US was as
late a. the wear ISIS
The iirst English Judges were generally ecclc,f-
oNtrS iiit bF the end of the reign ot Edward
The FIRST. in \. u. l}0a houy uf a,men Who mad.
ne law Their study. grew I'M around he u1pS al
S,uit, OF which There were tour, corresponding Go
thP l"ur principal courts ~ Westminster The
studeW5 OF law were generally from thr higher
classes OF society," The idea given e. vs. oi the
i!lEh STANDARD Oi morality and training Among
tte>" students 10y sir John FurteS Ice IN his cple-
hraie,t work on 'rhe Praise of the Laws OF Eng-
ithd. contrasts very remarkably With the preSen,
cuEdllion "f things IN our mercantile aud conn
iueiClal age. When the profession of law l. fol-
lowed merely a. business for individual prnfit
aad not rs a learned and honorable minisi ~ FOR
The general good. Vet the requirements OF ahu-
ny. lndu>ir! ana Integrity in the members of the
hSai profession arr as great NOW as they ever were
especially undcr our republican form OF govern
mcnt
The formation OF bar associations the lecturer
SAIL. WAS IN response t. the demand for reform la
ia" profession.
The condition OF the bench. where the incun-
DENTS alc poorly paid, chosen for short terms and
az the dlctatUH ~ raucuSt> and politicians. was
rttelird 10 - bcaing GniaAurahA The Tilrity OF
the legal profession. The power az great cof,,ara-
ions Keeping their legal advisers the baToas OF
oid did thcir DGgald DatgettvS. and The habit of
speculation ia the D}attHFof contingent fees, were
ais" mentioned ~ tending 10 demorllize the pro-
tsSi0u.
The establishment II codes In this country was
h"'ii"htd as restoring the Old practices of the
i'fii. AS they are commonly supposed 10 do. The
l'fdre gave several Illustrations Of this view OF
III case
lie Also drew parallel between the Englsh and
hitFIicii goNtritht ntal system. and showed how
huth weit founded on The common law. and how
necessary knowledge "f the common law and of
the legal and political contests of The mother
country Ia the centuries Immediately preceding
oui revolution MAS 10 - proper understanding of
our Constitution.
The lecturer then skctched briefly the early
treatiseS on the common law and the early stat
utr~ Which modified and crvSi allied ID, and
finished with = glowing eulugN on The common
III" y Nltth when ne ContrdSte.i, greatly t. its
citjlt, WITH the Keenan, civ II law ana lis maXn,.