Civil Rights
Aug. 20, 2015
Sometimes, lawyers work against human rights
Does California, for all its pride in our supposedly progressive legal history, have much to boast about? By Dan Lawton
Dan Lawton
Partner
Klinedinst PC in San Diego
501 W Broadway #1100
San Diego , CA 92101
Phone: (619) 400-8000
Email: dlawton@klinedinstlaw.com
Georgetown Univ Law Center
The views expressed here are his own.
Lawyers and others have spilled some ink this year in celebration of one of Western law's watershed events, the signing of the Magna Carta, 800 years ago in Great Britain. In commemoration, President Barack Obama, a lawyer himself, proclaimed Law Day, U.S.A., on May 1 of this year. His proclamation reminded us that America "is and always has been a nation of laws."
Not celebrated is a la...
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