Also, a properly functioning system requires well mannered and moral people. If the people are corrupted, the system cannot function.

And regardless of the arguments about whether there's a political solution or not, some system is required, and from my perspective, and I think locke was right on this point, a tripartite system seems natural, even if merged into one man. Someone must make rules, adjudged, and execute. Courts, legislatures, and executives are as natural as water.

Further, courts and legislatures are parliamentary institutions, each with their own procedures due to their different functions. Even executive administration's have internal procedures that mimic a parliament.

As for lawyering, I look at lawyering as being akin to being the oarsman on the boat on the river stix. By the time someone comes to me, something life altering is in the works. It's my job to guide them to the other side, but I can't always control what's there.