The lawyer who is speaking?

   In the Chongqing "black" process, a lawyer for the "evidence" and other charges were sentenced to prison terms, in January 8th, was originally a triad member lawyer Li Zhuang sitting on the dock, Chongqing Jiangbei District Court of First Instance sentenced Li Zhuang criminal defender "forgery", "stand in the way of crime of witness" a sentence of 2 years, 6 months. This caused a lot of attention. Coincidentally, the recent Beijing a big law firm is engaged in "Qing", sent a message to me often, which have their "Qing" and write poetic couplet, specifically mentioned the lawyer is "to defend democracy" group. I think, this conclusion can not be sloppy, the lawyer is really "to defend democracy"? Not necessarily.
   Members of the triad as criminal suspects have the legal right, this point be above suspicion doubt, therefore, Li Zhuang as a legal justification for Mafia suspects, is the thing itself, be without rebuke. "Chinese network" report, Li Zhuang collected fees 1500000, "Youth Daily" China further disclosure, after this, Li Zhuang will also get "life insurance fee of two, thirty million". Members of the triad if caught, or rich, he is willing to pay, others also did not say what. However, if the lawyer in order to earn the money, is engaged in "forgery" aspects of the activity, then the adage, called "money talks, bullshit walks", the lawyer, the treatment has to handle. Otherwise, "everyone is equal before the law" will be because of money act recklessly and care for nobody's involvement completely metamorphism. Thus, we can see the lawyer "one side to defend democracy".
   Chinese ancient social crowd into "scholar, farmer, artisan and merchant" four groups, despite their level factors, such classification in today's society can still generally applicable. If democracy is democracy, common these four kinds of people. However, the case of Li Zhuang or "defend" who is democracy? Obviously, it's just "business" interests. Zoom in on a point of view, now a lot of the services of a lawyer, which is the "business", people have money. Therefore, when these lawyers chanted "defence of democracy", is actually a "business" or "master of money". If the hard put it and democracy together, they embody more rich people need, want democracy. We don't have to Chou Fu said, rich people should not have the right, but, if the rich people's "democracy" has become a main component, the main social democratic forces, so, this kind of "democracy" is a great defect.
   My late father was a lawyer, father had to work for a famous lawyer, founder and law firm is schoolmate at college. But, my father always took over the small cases of ordinary people. In my impression, my father took over the case, few case attorney's fees are more than 1000 yuan, is mostly a few hundred dollars, however, cases of content includes housing disputes, demolition, wounding and other civil and criminal cases. Work in the law system of father for a lifetime, people or students also many, is responsible for law firms also advised my father, multi point to major or economic cases, because the law firms also need to increase income. But, my father got some young lawyers against the occupation moral, violate the legal principles to practice, not want to join, still keep clear heights have no contact with anyone's style, has not contributed much to the firm's accounts and personal income. Father had once said to me: "every case I have a clear conscience". Perhaps because of the special relationship between father the same law firm founder, he is in the famous national law firm, is always the lowest income law, but have not been asked to go home in their old age, still in a law firm put a "veteran".
   Compared with my father, I cannot say that today's each big money lawyers "sorry conscience", however, only my personal experience, sorry sorry conscience, occupation moral law are not uncommon. When the first image of lawyers I remember is the Shiyang counsel, that in the "two seven" strike and when workers lawyer. I doubt very much that how many lawyers today. Previous work on TV when, want to take some for migrant workers rights lawyer to "story, television ratings are not high" on the grounds, firmly ruled out the topic. But I do see some lawyers, such as the Beijing migrant workers legal aid center of lawyers, in very poor conditions, to provide legal services for migrant workers. People often say that we should improve the legal, however, we should also see "another layer of meaning law". "Perfect" law, complex, high cost of legal proceedings, the migrant workers rights, we clearly see, the more perfect, the complicated law in legal disputes, workers and employers, the more beneficial to the wealthy employers. A worker rights case I once met, workers required claim is around 100000, but the lawsuit, for several years, the migrant workers in recent years, transportation fees, accommodation fees of more than this number, Center for legal aid lawyers provide free legal services is not enough, there is time to lose. The center for legal aid lawyers compared with Li Zhuang, they will think?
   The lawyer occupation strictly, and need not society. However, as the law become more and more complex and tedious, ordinary people cannot understand the procedure and content of the law, the occupation of lawyers have the meaning of existence. Any things have two aspects, improve the rule of law and careful is needed, but, under the guidance of the law on money, complex and carefully if poor insurmountable threshold, only to be rich to enjoy the right, and even become the object of rich people can play, this law will breed a batch of corrupt lawyer, become the embodiment of social injustice. This is caused by the dominant social supremacy in the money. In this money dominant forces, the rich can effect the law through various means, the lawyer must also work in bring home the bacon under pressure, even in the pursuit of living level and the sale of conscience. As the underlying legal service for people not to say no, but, when the mainstream lawyers are only for the rich services, this lawyer to defend democracy, in fact only the rich people need democracy.
   Therefore, for Li Zhuang sentenced cases, people can discuss the position of lawyers, legal procedural fairness and so on, however, take the matter on its merits to discuss the case, did not hide behind the cases reveal the social reality: a considerable part of the lawyer, has become the servants of money. This phenomenon in our USA society often see: rich, law is you; no money, the law is not your. In some as the underlying service lawyer, we saw more lawyers is, step forward bravely, not entirely to social justice, but in order to be famous, "fame and fortune" to become the highest principles of law society under the action of money. American laws of society, is careful sound, however, I want to say, if the law has become a high consumption, not the poor of the gospel. However, in all the American example trend, the situation in the Chinese is increasingly obvious.