Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Land Without Lawyers
From: John Brownlow <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:35:19 -0500

On 3/26/02 3:41 PM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Yeah, but what does that have to do with lawyers?  Why isn't that about laws
> and the enforcment there of?

Laws... Lawyers.... Think there might be a connection??

The criminal law is 'enforced' by the police, but civil law which deals with
wrongs rather than crimes is decided by civil courts.

If you negligently drop a piano on my car, it isn't a criminal offence, but
I need some form of redress, no?

Unless you think that court cases should be decided without lawyers, ie by
people who are ignorant of the law, lawyers are a Very Good Thing IMO.

One might as well insist that everybody mend their own cars and make all
their own clothes as insist that people go to law on their own.

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John Brownlow

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