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This article details the historical development of the Japanese lawyers and the legal system. It first focuses on the role of the lawyer in premodern Japan. It was a principle of Japanese jurisprudence prior to the Restoration of 1867 that a litigant could not appear in court by representation. In certain exceptional circumstances, such as infancy, advanced age, or illness, this prohibition might be waived. The article then discusses the evolution of the Lawyers Law of 1893 with exploring problems of lawyer status which were evolved after it. Considering certain social injustice and inequality, the existing Law have been restructured and presented in a new form as the Lawyers Law of 1933. From 1893 to 1933 no complete revision of the Lawyers Law was undertaken, though several important changes were made. In common with many other phases of Japanese law, the Lawyers Law was revised during the American occupation.

The article discusses about inconsistency in government litigation. Most Government litigation is under the supervisory control of the Attorney General and the Solicitor General in the Department of Justice. In the Supreme Court, the litigation is in the direct charge of the Solicitor General. In the lower courts, most Government cases are handled by Department of Justice lawyers (including the United States Attorneys), although some are handled by attorneys for independent agencies. Cases reaching the Supreme Court level are usually handled by a new set of attorneys in the appellate sections of the various Divisions of the Department of Justice and the Solicitor General's Office.

The article presents information related to recent lawsuits in the U.S. Before 1937 the cost of producing barrels during each year was deducted from income, with an adjusting entry for any change during the year in the number of barrels carried on the balance sheet. From 1937 on, however, the book value of the barrels remained constant on the taxpayer's balance sheet. An attorney seeking compensation from a bankrupt estate must prove the worth of the services rendered, and since, to be compensable, a fiduciary's service must be loyal and disinterested.

The article reports on the legal rules and regulations as applicable in the United states. At a dinner of the Boston Bar Association, some years since, a distinguished judge in his after dinner speech said to the lawyers present that the members of the bar must bear in mind that the court in deciding cases was governed by fixed rules and principles, and was not to be too severely criticized if its decisions were not always satisfactory. As human life and human society grow more complex, the simple rule of an early day is oftentimes found to be too narrow, and judicial legislation is required in order to prevent an absurd result.

The article presents charts and diagrams related to registration figures for students body. Charts also shows graphical sources from which the students are drawn. Further, the article discusses Hickman v. Taylor case. The decision in the case was based on the ground that implicit even in the most enlightened adversary system is a necessity for cloaking an attorney's acts with sufficient secrecy for efficient preparation. Recognizing that statements and memoranda recorded by a skilled trial lawyer inevitably reveal much of his thought-processes in addition to the objective facts related therein, the Court apparently felt that counsel would be unduly inhibited in developing fully their analyses of the evidence if they knew that every step in the process was open to the scrutiny of adverse parties.

Presents a number of legal cases in the United States. Claim of privilege against self-incrimination by attorneys; Bankruptcy; Relief of farmer debtors; Rights and liabilities of charitable organizations; Constitutional law; Privileges and immunities of citizens; Rights of minority stockholders; Executors and administrators; Authority of state law; Rules of civil procedure.

The article focuses on recent court cases and its implications in the U.S. The first of the cases involves subagents' duty of loyalty to principal. Details of the case have been provided in the context. The second case listed in the article deals with the relationship between client and attorney, and the time when opponent may question attorney's authority to sue. Referrals of few of the prominent cases has been made in this context. The third case in the list deals with the rights of joint maker after paying in full and taking assignments. Various other cases are also discussed in other contexts.

The article presents information on the science of the Roman law in the United States. Roman law has a value for all nations, for two reasons. In the first place, the Roman jurists worked out a technical method of applying law, which has furnished models for every other law, even for wholly different legal systems. Secondly, Rome developed certain fundamental principles of private law, which are characteristic of the special civilization of Europe. For both reasons the United States above all other nations has a vocation to foster Roman jurisprudence.

The article discusses the history of assumpsit. The first actions of assumpsit were in semblance delictual actions, in as much as the remedy was pursued under the guise of a trespass on the case. The defendant who had made a promise and failed to keep it was conceived to have wronged the plaintiff, who declared accordingly in trespass on his case. The article traces the development by which a remedy was gradually afforded for such breaches of duty as arose from contractual relations. It must be observed that the action of trespass on the case itself was of no great antiquity when the lawyers set to work to fashion from it the action of assumpsit.

Examines a case involving an attorney that was contracted to bring a suit for the defendant for which his compensation was to be a percentage of the amount recovered. Demand of the plaintiff after the suit was compromised while pending; Factor that does not make a contract void for champerty; Purpose of champertous contracts.

This article focuses on the book "A Handbook of the Code of Civil Procedure," by Carlos C. Alden. This manual is the latest for those people who have to appear for bar-examination in the special, complicated legislation of New York. The book is ill-fitted for beginners. It does not discuss intricate matters in law and is silent on everyday matters such as the various sorts of motions and orders in law. The twelve chapters that are contained in the book include the most elementary sections and the book also includes an index of subjects.