Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html