JOHN W. PITTS' ELEVEN NUMBERS AGAINST LAWYER LEGISLATION AND FEES AT THE BAR, WRITTEN AND PRINTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE. PRICE 12 1/2 CENTS.
[Savannah?]: January, 1843. 48pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [worn, with some extremity chipping and closed tears, several wrapper tears archivally repaired, no text impaired]. Scattered foxing, Good+.
Numbers 1-6, says the Preface, were first published in the Southern Recorder. "Georgian John W. Pitts published a little book that both anticipates and illuminates current discontents. Pitts thinks lawyers are driven by self-interest both to make laws prolix and complicated and to 'excite strife, confusion and debate.' Lawyer legislators make law complex and generate a need for lawyers to vindicate rights. These rights are then diminished, however, by the very need for professional lawyers, who extract fees for securing rights for their clients" [Galanter].
Cohen 8523. Galanter, Predators and Parasites, 28 U GA Law Review 633 [1994]. Not in De Renne, American Imprints, Sabin, Harv. Law Cat., Marke. OCLC records six locations under several accession numbers as of June 2022. Item #38368
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