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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: A Land Without Lawyers
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:37:23 -0800 (PST)

It's really that simple and easy ????

What about all the important issues and who's going to
defend it.....there goes human rights, equal
employment opportunity, discrimination, handicapped
rights......and the most importantly, I cannot pay for
a top-dog lawyer to clear me even though I murdered
someone ???? Boy that's going to put us back into
feudalism, totally barbaric.

- --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> 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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