Add to ORKGThis article provides a historical look at the meaning of the phrase "good moral character" in the context of the fitness of an individual for the practice of law. Going back to the 1700s, the author traces the origins of fitness requirements. This historical timeline uncovers a shockingly violent period when engaging in duels with pistols seemed to be an unwritten requirement to be considered a gentleman and a lawyer
Published as Chapter 3 in The Cambridge History of Law in America, Volume II, The Long Nineteenth Ce...
In our law, the word character has no single, well defined, technical meaning. Sometimes it means ac...
To the extent that the character and fitness evaluation continues to exclude those candidates who ha...
The bar\u27s character and fitness requirement is based on the largely untested premise that an appl...
Every Canadian law society requires thatapplicants for bar admission be of good character The auth...
This article argues that professional codes of conduct cannot perform the important task of ensuring...
The article presents information on criminal defense and the literary representation of law and the ...
This thesis analyzes the evolution of the lawyer character from the novels of the early 19th century...
Almost 40 years ago, Deborah Rhode chronicled numerous problems with the legal profession’s characte...
Legal ethicists have long been fascinated by the relationships between lawyers’ roles in an adversar...
The following article is an excerpt from the third of a series of lectures entitled, Politics, Char...
This chapter further develops the diagnosis of a revival of character in contemporary criminal law. ...
It is time to rethink character evidence. Long notorious as the most frequently litigated evidence i...
This paper explores the significance of the changing nature of the good character requirement for la...
This short piece will highlight the importance of the newspaper in the nineteenth century as a histo...
Published as Chapter 3 in The Cambridge History of Law in America, Volume II, The Long Nineteenth Ce...
In our law, the word character has no single, well defined, technical meaning. Sometimes it means ac...
To the extent that the character and fitness evaluation continues to exclude those candidates who ha...
The bar\u27s character and fitness requirement is based on the largely untested premise that an appl...
Every Canadian law society requires thatapplicants for bar admission be of good character The auth...
This article argues that professional codes of conduct cannot perform the important task of ensuring...
The article presents information on criminal defense and the literary representation of law and the ...
This thesis analyzes the evolution of the lawyer character from the novels of the early 19th century...
Almost 40 years ago, Deborah Rhode chronicled numerous problems with the legal profession’s characte...
Legal ethicists have long been fascinated by the relationships between lawyers’ roles in an adversar...
The following article is an excerpt from the third of a series of lectures entitled, Politics, Char...
This chapter further develops the diagnosis of a revival of character in contemporary criminal law. ...
It is time to rethink character evidence. Long notorious as the most frequently litigated evidence i...
This paper explores the significance of the changing nature of the good character requirement for la...
This short piece will highlight the importance of the newspaper in the nineteenth century as a histo...
Published as Chapter 3 in The Cambridge History of Law in America, Volume II, The Long Nineteenth Ce...
In our law, the word character has no single, well defined, technical meaning. Sometimes it means ac...
To the extent that the character and fitness evaluation continues to exclude those candidates who ha...