Law question
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Sukdeep said:
Are we still talking about lawyers?
Runs at the sound of Perry Mason entering the room*
In other words-that which you can not get away with even if you have alot of cash. Does not leave much actually.
PS Sophie-you are a hottie!!
PS Sophie-you are a hottie!!
Quest
After having practiced law for over 20 years, both in Canada and the U.S., I can say, without equivocation, that I have never seen or experienced "black letter " law; it is a grevious error indeed to fall into the trap of concluding that some principle of law is free from doubt or dispute. More often than not, adhering to that concept will land you with a malpractice suit. Leave the black letter stuff to the American and Canadian television broadcasts and save yourself a lot of trouble.
After having practiced law for over 20 years, both in Canada and the U.S., I can say, without equivocation, that I have never seen or experienced "black letter " law; it is a grevious error indeed to fall into the trap of concluding that some principle of law is free from doubt or dispute. More often than not, adhering to that concept will land you with a malpractice suit. Leave the black letter stuff to the American and Canadian television broadcasts and save yourself a lot of trouble.
Black letter law is a concept invented by law students to try to find some certainty in confusing, ever changing, common law principles.
"The common law" is like water in your hands... you can touch it, you can feel it, but it very difficult at times to grasp or understand it because for every rule there are exceptions and, ultimately, each case depends on its own facts.
Fang: the law and lawyers are not infallible like your College. Everything is subject to interpretation, thoughtfulness and argumentation... and you will appreciate that if, as and when you have a legal entanglement of your own. Unlike the clergy, we lawyers prefer not to have a Galileo!
Sorry I could not find anything humorous to say...
Perry
"The common law" is like water in your hands... you can touch it, you can feel it, but it very difficult at times to grasp or understand it because for every rule there are exceptions and, ultimately, each case depends on its own facts.
Fang: the law and lawyers are not infallible like your College. Everything is subject to interpretation, thoughtfulness and argumentation... and you will appreciate that if, as and when you have a legal entanglement of your own. Unlike the clergy, we lawyers prefer not to have a Galileo!
Sorry I could not find anything humorous to say...
Perry
Galileo was a heretic and deserved to be punched. If he hadn't accidentally "carried the one" when making his calculations he would have never discovered that the earth orbited the sun. He was lucky!
Seriously though....that was funny.
Seriously though....that was funny.
I can indicate that "Black Letter Law" means the strict interpretation of the law as codified in statutes.
However, in Canada we have common law, equity and conventions that also form a large part of our law and jurisprudence.
The "Common Law" is an amorphous concept and changes daily with new cases and principles being put into play.
However, in Canada we have common law, equity and conventions that also form a large part of our law and jurisprudence.
The "Common Law" is an amorphous concept and changes daily with new cases and principles being put into play.
