Lesie,
The article is titled "How Modern Law Makes Us Powerless." I believe Ron
was making the point that we're not so powerless that we can't still
choose to pursue careers like the one you seem to have.
Meredith
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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.
-- 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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