Изданные законы и отчеты

Уставы, инструкции и решения

Все законы, в соответствии с которыми Вы живете и работаете, существуют где-нибудь в черно-белых тонах. Мы уже отметили, каковы они: американская конституция, конституция Вашего государства, указы или уставы, принятые американским Конгрессом и законодательным органом Вашего государства и местными постановлениями законодательного органа Вашего сообщества. Это, в целом, конституционные и законодательные законы, которые затрагивают Вас. Административные законы или инструкции включают, например, правила бюро автомашины Вашего государства или инструкции Налогового управления. Наконец, есть решения судов Соединенных Штатов и Вашего собственного государства. У этих решений есть полная сила закона позади них, означая, что, то они говорят, Вы должны сделать, и правительство вынудит Вас сделать под страхом штрафа или тюремного заключения или их обоих.

Вы можете спросить, где и как Вы можете найти все эти законы и постановления. Чтобы найти их все, Вы должны были бы пойти в большую публичную библиотеку. Но что бы найти судебные дела, которые являются значащими для вас, чтобы интерпретировать и понять их, Вы должны пойти к адвокату.

THE LAWYER IN OUR SOCIETY

No society can function without rules. There are frictions and difficulties between neighbors, between businessmen and their competitors, between husbands and wives and employers and employees. It is the lawyer's job to help people apply the rules in these situations: to avoid trouble where they can, and to resolve conflicts fairly where they cannot.

Because the society is complex and gives rise to many problems, the lawyer with his special training is essential to its operation and to the well-being of the people. Most lawyers spend most of their time counseling people on business or personal matters, drawing documents like contracts, wills, adoption papers, deeds and leases. In contributing to the orderly conduct of our affairs and the orderly solution of our problems, they are, in a real sense, the glue that holds the society together.

In addition, lawyers have another important role in the control of crime. Even in an organized, "civilized" society, people lie and cheat, steal and fight, and all too often kill. Laws are written to provide penalties for lying and cheating, stealing and fighting and killing. Courts are established to hear charges of such conduct and impose the penalties if the charges are proved. Lawyers are trained and licensed to help people obtain the full protection of the laws, on the one hand, and, on the other, to make sure that if a person does violate the law, he/she is convicted only of the offense he/she actually committed and that the penalty imposed on such a person is no greater than the law provides.

The lawyer's duty is to employ every proper method of asserting personal rights. Every person accused of having committed a crime, every person whose civil rights have been violated, has the right to legal advice and legal representation.

The demand for lawyers' services of all kinds is steadily growing. Tensions among various groups in society result in lawlessness that requires more lawyers than ever in the criminal courts. Governmental programs in areas – such as the protection of consumers against frauds and the control of pollution of the environment – also require new lawyers.

The growing complexity of the income and estate tax laws makes it increasingly difficult for persons who have the gift of making money to hold on to it and to pass it on to their families. We know lawyers to be more in demand here than ever before.

There is scarcely an area of American life in which social, political and economic developments are not increasing the demand for lawyers.