[LAW-LIB:57892] Re: "How Modern Law Makes Us Powerless ..."

From: Leslie Germaine (lgermaine43@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2009 - 05:48:49 PST

  • Next message: Ronald Huttner: "[LAW-LIB:57893] Re: "How Modern Law Makes Us Powerless ...""

    It has been about 24 hours since I read the article, but I have
    no recollection of the author advocating the position Ronnie suggests below.

    -- 
    Leslie Germaine
    Solo Practitioner
    Practicing Worldwide
    

    _______ On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Ronald Huttner <rshutt@netspace.net.au>wrote:

    > But if all laws and lawyers were abolished how would you continue to be a > "Solo Practitioner Practicing Worldwide" ? > > Ron Huttner LL.B (Hons) > (Retired) Barrister, Solicitor, Law Lecturer and Legal Researcher > Melbourne > Victoria > Australia > > > > On 28/01/2009, at 3:52 AM, Leslie Germaine wrote: > > *Here we stand, facing the worst economy since the Great Depression, and >> Americans no longer feel free to do anything about it. We have lost the >> idea, at every level of social life, that people can grab hold of a problem >> and fix it. Defensiveness has swept across the country like a cold wave. We >> have become a culture of rule followers, trained to frame every solution in >> terms of existing law or possible legal risk. The person of responsibility >> is replaced by the person of caution. When in doubt, don't*. >> > > An important read <http://tinyurl.com/dzd3bu>. > > -- > Leslie Germaine > Solo Practitioner > Practicing Worldwide > ________ > "*We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men are endowed by their > government with the unalienable right to be taxed, subsidized, regulated, > lectured, scolded, herded, harassed, and otherwise ruled in whatever ways > work*." -- Declaration of Dependence > > >



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