How and When to Be Your Own Lawyer
Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Effectively Using Our Legal System
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780895299987
Subjects: English Law; Reference works; Pro se representation; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Business/Economics; Reference; Practical Guides; Law / General; Civil Procedure; United States
First sentence: responsibility of establishing a system that mirrored the system codified in the Magna Carta, including the all-important concept of due process. However, unlike England, which had five different types of professionals involved in the practice of law (barristers, attorneys, solicitors, notaries, and scriveners), the colonies were short of professionals.