[Download] "Opinion Justices to Senate" by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Opinion Justices to Senate
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 05, 1934
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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In answering certain questions submitted to them by the Senate respecting proposed legislation ""relative to the unauthorized practice of law and prohibiting certain acts and practices,"" the Justices stated that, while the judicial department cannot be circumscribed or restricted in the performance of the duties placed upon it under the Constitution to control the practice of law, the admission to the bar of persons found qualified to act as attorneys at law and the removal from that position of those once admitted and found to be unfaithful to their trust, appropriate and essential assistance in discharging such duties may be afforded by the enactment of statutes. In reply to such questions, the Justices stated that legislation, forbidding the practice of law by corporations or associations or by individuals other than members of the bar of the Commonwealth, either in the performance of the functions of an attorney or counselor at law before the courts, or in the performance of the customary functions of an attorney or counselor at law which do not involve appearing before the courts, is permissible, but that legislation permitting the practice of law by such persons would not be constitutionally competent for the General Court.