| American Institute of Electrical Engineers - 1900 - 1054 σελίδες
...by Dr. Johnson which Boswell has recorded as follows : "We talked of the practice of the law. fcir William Forbes said he thought an honest lawyer should...which he was satisfied was not a just one. Sir, said Johnson, a lawyer has no business with the justice or the injustice of the cause which he undertakes,... | |
| Edward Manson - 1904 - 538 σελίδες
...judgment; I prefer that of the court.' " This is just what Dr. Johnson said. " Sir," he said to Boswell, " a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the causes he undertakes. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge. A lawyer... | |
| 1909 - 1234 σελίδες
...justice — has never been treated with more robust common-sense than it was by Johnson: — " Sir, a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice...the cause which he undertakes unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to... | |
| Simeon Eben Baldwin - 1919 - 216 σελίδες
...during a conversation in the course of which one of the company, Sir William Forbes, remarked that " he thought an honest lawyer should never undertake...he was satisfied was not a just one." " Sir," said Johnson,2 " a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 σελίδες
...respect, in giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled ' 177 ; prescription of murder 174, 214 ; a lawyer ' has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause ' 175 ; gratitude not found among gross people 315 ; cunning, its effect ' from the credulity of others... | |
| 1908 - 544 σελίδες
...lucid and just. "Sir," said Dr. Johnson, in his famous talk with Boswell on the ethics of advocacy, "a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause wbich he undertakes unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The... | |
| 1921 - 334 σελίδες
...puts' the point with the greatest neatness. Boswell records Dr. Johnson as saying: "We talked of the practice of the law. Sir William Forbes said, he thought...lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of tha cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it... | |
| Georgia Bar Association - 1888 - 1120 σελίδες
...relieved of a large part of his duties, but not before." " Sir," said Dr. Johnson to Sir William Forbes, " a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice...cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The. justice or injustice of the cause is to... | |
| Colin Bingham - 1982 - 376 σελίδες
...ordinance of reasons for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. THOMAS AQUINAS Sir, a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice...cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to... | |
| 1903 - 960 σελίδες
...lucid and just. " Sir," said Dr. Johnson, in his famous talk with Boswell on the ethics of advocacy, " a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice...the cause which he undertakes unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to... | |
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