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43682
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Historically considered one of North Carolina's most influential attorneys, Chief Justice Richmond Munford Pearson served on North Carolina's highest court for 30 years. He is remembered also for the private law school, known as Richmond Hill, which he operated from 1846-1878. The following article details the operation of that school and its impacts. The last living graduate of Pearson's school Hugh R. Scott of Rockingham County died in 1947.
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North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 27 Issue 4, Winter 2022, p17-20, il, por
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24273
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In 1995, North Carolina started its Business Court when the North Carolina state legislature added funds for another state Superior Court judge. The Business Court has become a model for many other states, including Georgia and Delaware.
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36223
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Some were real life converted to reel life, such as Philadelphia (1993) and A Time to Kill (1996). Others were based on novels: Inherit the Wind (1958) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). The remaining six were also fictitious accounts of the justice system. Whatever the plot’s source, they offered insightful and entertaining portrayals of life from both sides of the counsellor’s table.
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35749
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Olive’s analysis of how crimes were handled in the US during the nineteenth century revealed that standards were more different than similar. For example, the punishment for blasphemy was jail time and a fine. The punishment for being a common scold (or nagging woman) was placement on a ducking stool and plunging into water. Such punishments revealed that socio-cultural standards were much stricter as well as often double standard.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 1979, p14-15
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20547
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This article describes the practices and ethical standards of the legal professions in the period between 1820-1860. Elements such as advertising for services, practicing in and traveling to different courts within the circuit, courtroom practices, the administration of justice, trial procedure, membership in the bar, and ethical standards are explored.
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