| 释义 |
pro bono publico
[Latin: for the public good] 1. Describing legal work that is carried out unpaid for the good of the general community. Pro bono work is increasingly performed by law students, who are provided with indemnity insurance for the purpose. On the high streets it has been carried out for many years by the Citizens Advice Bureaux. 2. The principle that when the courts are engaged in the act of interpretation of statutes, they should always do so for the public good (Remon v City of London Real Property Co Ltd [1921] 1 KB 49). |