Public Defender - By Country

By Country

In civil law countries, following the model from the French Napoleonic Code of criminal procedure, the courts typically appoint private attorneys at the expense of the state.

Read more about this topic:  Public Defender

Famous quotes containing the word country:

    “I believe that in this country the press exerts a greater and a more pernicious influence than the church did in its worst period.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “And the country proverb known,
    That every man should take his own,
    In your waking shall be shown.
    Jack shall have Jill,
    Naught shall go ill:
    The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)