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/Home/Historical Studies/Law/Legal History/Legal Personages Clarence Darrow Votes:0 Clarence Darrow Probably the most celebrated American lawyer of the 20th century, Clarence Darrow worked as defense counsel in many widely publicized trials. He was notable as a defender of the underdog and civil rights. He was an distinguished speaker on agnosticism, liberalism, freethought and humanism. Clarence Darrow was born on April 18, 1857, near Kinsman, Ohio. He attended Allegheny College and the University of Michigan briefly before being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1878 at the age of 21. In 1887 he moved to Chicago, where he soon was appointed city corporation counsel and later the general attorney for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. He resigned this position in 1895 to defend Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, and other union leaders who had been ar Read More Go to Site EAWC Anthology: Hammurabi's Code of Laws Votes:0 Exploring Ancient World Cultures Readings from the Ancient Near East Hammurabi's Code of Laws Translated by L. W. King When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great among the Igigi, they called Babylon by his illustrious name, made it great on earth, and founded an everlasting kingdom in it, whose foundations are laid so solidly as those of heaven and earth; then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak; so that I should rule over the Read More Go to Site Hammurabi Votes:0 Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Code of Hammurabi, c. 1780 BCE Commentary by Charles F. Horne, (1915) Commentary by Claude Hermann Walter Johns, The Encyclopaedia Britannica , 11th ed, 1910- Text , Translated by L. W. King Charles F. Horne : The Code of Hammurabi: Introduction [Hammurabi] was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign ([1795-1750 BC]) have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King....as a wise law-giver in his celebrated code. . . [B]y far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is his code of laws, the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men m Read More Go to Site Trial Heroes Votes:0 Unhappy is the land that is in need of heroes. --BERTOLT BRECHT I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. --BOB DYLAN Trial Heroes Bending Toward Justice by Doug Linder (c) 2000 "The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice." --Martin Luther King, Jr. America needs heroes. Apart from their own achievements, heroes can inspire others to act heroically: to sacrifice bravely, to reach for greatness, or to seek justice. The law is especially in need of heroes. Lawyers today are held in low esteem by many members of the public. They are the subject of countless jokes. Cynicism and even self-loathing are common maladies among lawyers today. Students trained in law learn to look for ambiguity and begin to see the w Read More Go to Site

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