"Malitiosis litium protractionibus". An ethical standard for advocates and proctors
The Second Council of Lyons (1274) promulgated the constitution Properandum which established, that advocates and procurators had to swear an oath before being admitted to act in ecclesiastical tribunals. The central point of the oath was that they should only accept cases that were just and if they...
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Libreria Ed. Vaticana
2010
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"Iustitia et iudicium" ; 3
Year: 2010, Pages: 1709-1724 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Ethics B Procedural law B Law B England B Ordentliches Streitverfahren B Process B Lawyer B History B Course of B Legal representation B Court |
| Summary: | The Second Council of Lyons (1274) promulgated the constitution Properandum which established, that advocates and procurators had to swear an oath before being admitted to act in ecclesiastical tribunals. The central point of the oath was that they should only accept cases that were just and if they discovered, even during the course of litigation, that the cause was not just they were bount to abandon it. The constitution Properandum established serious ethical standards for lawyers with were generally followed, as the records of the medieval ecclesiastical courts in England demonstrate. The English canonist William Lynswood, in his important commentary, the Provinciale, dealt with a number of the issues considered by Properandum and there are considered in the light of the constitution |
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| ISBN: | 8820983524 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: "Iustitia et iudicium" ; 3
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