...know me, who thought that such calumnies would unfluence my conduct. I will for. ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of...the English constitution, can have no existence." This passage recalls the boldness of another great advocate, Cicero, who, in his speech for Roscius...

...standard of devotion, ever illustrated by the words of Erskine, "I will at all hazards forever maintain the dignity, independence and integrity of the English...the English Constitution, can have no existence." I remember a few months ago seeing an account of a piece of pottery which was dug up in a recent excavation...

...Erskine can be repeated by most members of our profession today:— "I will forever at all hazards assert the dignity, independence and integrity of...the English constitution, can have no existence.'' We do not claim that all members of the Bar are fearless, learned, faithful in the discharge of their...

...standard of devotion, ever illustrated by the words of Erskine, " I will at all hazards forever maintain the dignity, independence and integrity of the English...the English Constitution, can have no existence." I remember a few months ago seeing an account of a piece of pottery which was dug up in a recent excavation...

...know me, who thought that such calumnies would influence my conduct. I will forever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence and integrity of...the English Constitution, can have no existence." In determining what deference should be given to public opinion the lawyer should always distinguish...

...as that, though he stated it in more moderate terms ; he said :. "I will forever and at all hazards assert the dignity, independence and integrity of the English Bar, without which impartial justice—the most valuable part of the English Constitution—can have no existence. From the moment...

...remembering and constantly living up to the words of Thomas Lord Erskine: "I will forever at all hazards assert, the dignity, independence and integrity of...the English constitution, can have no existence." MR. BUMBLE AND A LEGAL PRESUMPTION Dickens tells us of a legal presumption that failed to satisfy his...

...in local need of legal assistance was proclaimed by Thomas Erskine in the late eighteenth century: "From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he ... will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in ... court . . . from that moment the liberties...

...about the duty of the lawyer to take difficult or unpopular cases: I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of...Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he sits daily to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses...