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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Godbey
England
Alabama
West Publishing Company
Grotius
Puffendorff
Austin
Chancery
Equity
Demutter
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Frank White
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Joe Nathan
Lawrence Cooper
Mr. Bouldin
W. G.odbey
Eek Bouldin
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Godbey
David Dudley Field
Guat
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