Talk:Pro se

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"It is perhaps unfortunate that legal systems are set up for the convenience of the legal profession, which includes the judges and the attorneys, and not for the parties' convenience, the very people without whom the others would not have a job. It is discerned by litigants that they have an inalienable and absolute right to defend themselves, or to prosecute their cases, under constitutional guarantees."

"Due to the high overhead costs of litigation, and the massive backup of cases, the trend today is to provide legal self-help materials to enable would-be litigants with their cases. Such free materials can usually be found in the courts, but mostly on the internet. The courts and the lawyers are by their very nature intimidating, but slowly the process can be seen to be adapting to these changes, and the courts are realizing that they have to adjust to the demands of the public if they can be helped to be knowledgeable and intelligent, and that they need to hold any inbuilt bias in check."

I removed the prior sections due to editorial content. Manney 22:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legal Standing

I'm looking for information on the legal standing of self-represented cases and judgments when cited in later cases. I realize this is esoteric, but I've been up a creek trying to decipher the phrase, "this case is not to be cited in any other case and is not to be reported in any courts", which I've been finding references to on the Internet lately. Sweetfreek 10:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)