Excerpt from Modern American Law, Vol. 1 of 15: General Introduction, The Modern Democracy, the Citizen and the Law, Legal Ethics, Law, Its Origin, Nature and Development, Courts, Federal and State, Laws of ContractsJudge Orrin N. Carter, of the Supreme Court of Illinois, then presents in his exposition of Legal Ethics a dignified but practical course of conduct for such social service, eminently suitable for all. Imbued with the spirit of these articles, follows a highly interesting account of Law - Its Nature, Origin, and Development, by Professor Charles A. Huston, of Leland Stanford Junior University.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.