Life As A Lawyer
Stang was, in November 1832, appointed as a Supreme Court lawyer. He soon became a leading lawyer with a lucrative practice, and as a recognized legal capacity, he was also asked for public contracts. 1837-45 he was a member of Christiania City Council and in the same period, also a member of a number of public committees (for a revision of the draft Penal Code, a pension scheme for civil servants, change of impeachment rules) and controls (Norwegian Society for Development, Christiania technical organization, the Union mod Brændeviinsdrik).
In 1837, he was also appointed Attorney General, a significant vote of confidence, which, however, were not financially lucrative, and in 1839 he were replaced as the Attorney General of Norges Bank. As the Attorney General, it was his task to give advice in difficult legal matters that not seldom was of fundamental importance. One such case concerned the enforcement of the order that the Quakers could just be living in Stavanger. Stang's argument here eventually led to the free exercise of religion for all dissenters. The greatest attention at the time aroused his brilliant and successful defense in the 1845 impeachment of minister JH Vogt. Immediately after the case was concluded with an acquittal verdict, Stang was appointed Chief of the new Ministry of the interior (Now replaced with the Ministry of Transport and Communication or Samferdselsdepartementet SD).
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