Arkansas Law Notes: Reports to the Arkansas Bar
Keywords
contempt, attorney contempt, common law contempt, contempt power
Abstract
This article analyses contempt of court through various lenses, including the common law, criminal law, and regulations. One part of the law of contempt has always presented a difficult question for appellate courts—the standards to be applied in cases where an attorney, in the course of zealously representing his or her client in open court, runs afoul of the judge who summarily finds the attorney in contempt of court. This article attempts to reconcile the admitted duty of an attorney to represent the client and the kind of advocacy that duty entails with the duty not to impede the operation of a court or to bring the court into disrespect.
Recommended Citation
Morton
Gitelman
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The Zealous Advocate and Contempt of Court: Attorney Contempt in Arkansas and the Need for Change, 1984 Ark. L. Notes
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