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West Virginia Law Review

Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

1958

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Lawyers' Obligations To The Courts, Byron O. House Dec 1958

Lawyers' Obligations To The Courts, Byron O. House

West Virginia Law Review

This paper will concern itself largely with the duty of lawyers to the courts. It is written from the viewpoint of a country lawyer suddenly catapulted from almost thirty years of practice to his state's court of last resort via eight months on the trial bench. These vantage points have afforded an opportunity to observe the lawyer's duty to the courts in various perspectives. With due respect to the learned scholars who have written on the subject, this small contribution is launched.


Constitutional Law--Right To Counsel--Conflicting Interests Of Counsel As Ground For Reversal, T. E. P. Jun 1958

Constitutional Law--Right To Counsel--Conflicting Interests Of Counsel As Ground For Reversal, T. E. P.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attorney Negligence…A Suit Within A Suit, Richard G. Coggin Apr 1958

Attorney Negligence…A Suit Within A Suit, Richard G. Coggin

West Virginia Law Review

The law today, it would seem, has become, like most professions and sciences a creature of specialization. Not many years ago most practitioners of the law in this country would have considered the general field of negligence a somewhat limited subject. But today, even this small segment of the vast science of law must be divided and subdivided, each individual subdivision being guided by its own special set of rules. Because of this transition from the general to the special, any paper of this sort must be strictly limited in scope. Even the seemingly narrow subject of "attorney negligence” would …


Criminal Law--Plea Of Not Guilty--Coercion By Judge, G. D. G. Apr 1958

Criminal Law--Plea Of Not Guilty--Coercion By Judge, G. D. G.

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No abstract provided.


Evidence--Attorney-Client Privilege--Necessity Of Proceeding Against Client, J. O. F. Feb 1958

Evidence--Attorney-Client Privilege--Necessity Of Proceeding Against Client, J. O. F.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.