Are lawyers and legal systems distancing
themselves from the people they serve ? Is the law becoming
too expensive, formalistic and remote? Is it losing popular
respect?
Here is what Lord Denning, one of
England's greatest judges, said about "The Law in Crisis"
when it was published in 1975.
“This book appears at a critical
moment in the history of mankind. Civilised
society appears to be disintegrating…
Moral and spiritual values, too, appear to
be at a low ebb. Professor Christopher Weeramantry
sees the dangers which beset us: and warns
us of them, Most of us lawyers have no time
to sit and think upon these things. We deal
with one case after another. …This book
should serve to bring us to our senses.”
Rt.Honourable Lord Denning
In his Foreword to The Law in Crisis-*
Here is important material for every lawyer to reflect
on if the law is to command the respect it should.
