[Download] "In Re Greer" by Arizona Supreme Court * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Greer
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 05, 1938
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Before proceeding to a consideration of the specific charges and the evidence, we think it best to make a brief general statement of the law applicable to disciplinary proceedings in the State of Arizona, as there seems to be more or less misunderstanding, even among members of the Bar, as to what such law is. The right to practice law is not a natural nor constitutional one, in the sense that the right to engage in the ordinary avocations of life, such as farming, the industrial trades and the mercantile business is. It has always been considered as a privilege only, bestowed upon certain persons primarily for the benefit of society, and upon such terms and conditions as the state may fix. The final determination as to what these conditions are, and who has satisfactorily complied therewith, is, and always has been, in the courts before which the individual practices his profession, and from time immemorial such individuals have been considered essentially and primarily as officers of the court admitting them. As was said by the Supreme Court of the United States, in Ex parte Garland, 4 Wall. 333, 378, 18 L. Ed. 366: