ROLE OF LAWYER IN LEGAL EDUCATION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE
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UHCHR, United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightAbstract
"Good governance is perhaps the single most important factor in eradicating poverty and promoting development."
- UN Secretary - General Kofi Annan
Good governance is associated with efficient and effective administration in a democratic framework. It is considered as citizen-friendly, citizen caring and responsive administration. In general, good governance is perceived as a normative principle of administrative law, which obliges the State to perform its functions in a manner that promotes the values of efficiency, non-corruptibility, and responsiveness to civil society.
The UHCHR identifies five key attributes of good governance as follows:
1) Transparency
2) Responsibility
3) Accountability
4) Participation
5) Responsiveness
A lawyer is an individual who defends a person or entity in various legal proceedings. The Legal proceedings may fall in to a variety of different categories yet most are either considered criminal litigation or civil litigation. The Lawyer is a person who acts on behalf of another and voices the opinion of their client in a manner which is in their best interest.
An obligation to his clients to be faithful to them tills the last and an obligation to the court to be and to remain a dependable part of the machinery through which justice is administered. It is beyond the scope of treatise on legal ethics to describe the aims and uses of examinations of witnesses or to state the rules as to how evidence shall be recorded.
An Advocate has various duties towards the Court, Clients, Colleagues and his opponent etc. An Advocate has all these duties as well as he or she has some moral responsibilities towards the society. The profession of law is honourable and its members are expected to act in an honest and upright manner and any deviation from these elementary principles is liable to be dealt with severely.
In good governance, the role of an Advocate is very important because an Advocate has the capability to change the pathetic norms of the society in a legal way.
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