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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1916

Page

5

Alabama Lawyers Debate Ethics and Federal Regulation

The Alabama bar delegates debated ethics and politics at their meeting. Speakers urged unity between the bar and law schools while discussing federal regulation of telegraph firms and interstate commerce acts. A dispute over a letter by W A Denson sparked motions and countermotions, culminating in a vote to table and sustain the judiciary.

Mr. Williams Congress Williams A. H. Carmichael Tuscumbia B. P. Crum Walker Percy Birmingham Mr. Percy W. A. Denson Alabama Corporation Supreme Bench Ter Percy Denson Sime Central Council W. W. Callahan Decaturs Mr. Callahan Jefferson Col. Hunt Beddow Virgil Bouldin Scottsboro Mr. Denson McDowell Morgan County Bar Association

The Remedy The Law Reform Worth While

A lengthy address by Hon. E W Godbey argues for codification of law as a complete system. He contrasts full codification with partial efforts, cites Alabama’s mix, warns of dangers of overgrown common law, and urges a legislative drive to classify and clarify all known law under expert supervision.

E. W. Godbey England Alabama West Publishing Company Grotius Puffendorff Austin Chancery Equity Demutter

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