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The Situation of Company Lawyers in Various Countries

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In most European countries the regulations for the admission of jurists to the Bar prohibit the admission of jurists in permanent employment. The underlying principle is that an attorney at law should be independent in order to be able to represent his clients. This is not the place to discuss this principle but besides in the United States of America only in the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany jurists permanently employed by an enterprise can be admitted to the Bar.

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    Dr. jur. Walter Kolvenbach (Attorney at Law)

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Kolvenbach, W. (1979). The Situation of Company Lawyers in Various Countries. In: The Company Legal Department. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4485-0_5

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