Solution :: Override the district local rules with a small change to legislation that will allow businesses to be represented pro se by their shareholders or directors if desired.

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Override the district local rules with a small change to legislation that will allow businesses to be represented pro se by their shareholders or directors if desired.

1,976 Views / Posted by Aaron Greenspan

Taxation Without Representation

The courts generally frown upon pro se representation by companies because, they argue, the quality of legal discourse would decline without professional representation. Yet individuals are allowed to represent themselves, and the courts clearly seem to be able to handle that. The solution to the problem of low-quality legal discourse is by making the legal system more accessible and forgiving, not limiting legal recourse to only the most wealthy corporations in the country.
Supporter: Aaron Greenspan
Opponents: None

	Laws and Regulations, United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1654: Title 28, Part V, Chapter 111, Section 1654 (Changes) Current LawChangesProposed Law In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.