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Book Reviews, Elliot E. Cheatham, Joseph B. Board, Jr., Monroe Berkowitz
Book Reviews, Elliot E. Cheatham, Joseph B. Board, Jr., Monroe Berkowitz
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton By Julius Goebel, Ed. and Associate Editors New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1964. Pp. XXV, 898.
reviewer: Elliot E. Cheatham
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Lawyers in Politics: A Study in Professional Convergence By Heinz Eulau and John D. Sprague Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill,1964. Pp. 164. $1.95.
reviewer: Joseph B. Board, Jr.
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Occupational Disability and Public Policy Edited by Earl F. Cheit and Margaret S. Gordon. New York: John Wiley and Sons,Inc., 1963. Pp. xii, 446.
reviewer: Monroe Berkowitz
Legislation, Law Review Staff
Legislation, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
In increasing measure the legal profession has come to recognize its public responsibilities. One of these responsibilities is to protect clients from the dishonesty of lawyers. The lawyer who handles funds of a client is a fiduciary in the highest sense. Occasionally, however, an attorney misappropriates the funds of his client. The client's remedy against the lawyer is probably futile, for an embezzler will generally have no funds to cover the loss. Although misappropriation is rare it receives much publicity when it does occur. Embezzlement and loss with consequent publicity impair the reputation of the entire legal profession.In dealing with …