Open AccessReformation from Criminal to Lawyer: Is such Redemption Possible?
Author(s) -
Magda Slabbert,
DJ Boome
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1727-3781
DOI - 10.17159/1727-3781/2014/v17i4a2172
Subject(s) - certainty , law , proposition , disappointment , character (mathematics) , criminal procedure , political science , criminal law , sociology , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , social psychology , geometry , mathematics
If a person with a criminal record were to apply for admission to the legal profession, the applicant would naturally harbour the hope that his or her application would succeed. However, in the absence of a reformation of his or her moral character, the certainty is that the application will fail, thus leading to disappointment. The aim of this article is to analyse the correctness of the above proposition. It is argued that a criminal record is not an insurmountable obstacle to a successful application for admission, but that such applications may succeed only in exceptional circumstances.