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LawRules #6: We need to talk about Attorneys

  • Margarete von Galen,
  • Jeremy McBride,
  • Mikołaj Pietrzak,
  • Coskun Yorulmaz,
  • Maximilian Steinbeis

Journal volume & issue
no. 2366-7044

Abstract

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Attorneys are not on everyone’s mind when they think about the rule of law. The European Commission gave a prime example for that when it remained conspicuously silent about the role of lawyers in its recent Rule of Law report. Yet, attorneys play just as important a role in preserving the rule of law as other parts of the judicial system do. What’s more: Where they are at risk of being prosecuted for doing their jobs, the erosion of the rule of law is imminent. We talk about attorneys with our distinguished guests in this week’s episode of our podcast, co-hosted by the German Bar Association, We Need to Talk About the Rule of Law

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