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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: A Land Without Lawyers
From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:53:05 -0500

Hmmm--I appended my reply to the wrong message???

Allan


On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 06:19 PM, Allan Wafkowski wrote:

> The lawyer is an agent of the court. He or she is an integral part of 
> our legal system. If you suffer from that, you can change it by your 
> vote.
>
> Allan
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 04:35 PM, John Brownlow wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> John Brownlow
>>
>> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>>
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