Publication details
Advocates in the Critical Eyes of Society
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | SGEM Conference on Political Sciences, Law, Finance, Economics and Tourism. Conference Proceedings. Volume I. |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B21 |
| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | advocate; society; criticism; the Czech lands; history of law |
| Description | The origins of the history of advocacy in the particular countries of Europe may be put together based on all kinds of sources. Aside from the normative texts which, the closer we get to the modern era, the more often represent a required regulation in society which controls the access to providing advocacy services, numerous references about advocates may be found in literature. The laws, which were often very concise, may be, in many cases, confronted with the reports which reflect the social seriousness of the profession of advocates and which react to the real circumstances in the respective environment in which the advocates were associated and which openly criticize their work before the courts, representing the clients and in the public life in general. What were the roots of such a criticism of the profession of advocates and what was its real value? What function did the criticism play with respect to the advocates and to society from which it arose? The objective of our contribution is first to map the critical remarks against the advocates in the Czech lands. Next, we will try to analyze the extant sources and use them as a foundation for introducing two possible approaches to the criticism of the advocates in the Medieval period and the early modern era. |