The Law

[SecretAgentMan]

I've been thinking about this way too much lately.

The U.S. has instituted a set of laws by which all of its citizens must abide. The code of law is so huge and diverse that in order to fully interpret it, one must hire a professional who specializes in a particular area of interest, be it family law, patent law, or criminal law.

The whole thing to me reeks of the Church during the middle ages, where only the holy and scholarly were able to read the Vulgate (Latin Bible) that described the laws of God.

 

[Kadarin]

Hmm...

 

[Jeff7181]

True, but it's necessary due to the lack of common sense and morals.

 

[Ryan]

"....is the law and the law has been BROKEN!"

I'll give the first person a cookie if they guess what movie that quote it from

 

[compuwiz1]

You're out there......... Got any more of that stuff?

 

[SecretAgentMan]

You're out there......... Got any more of that stuff?

Oh yeah, I've got tons of that stuff, but that would be the topic of another thread.

Do you think if I wrote all this stuff down that people would be willing to buy a book of it?

Life's Questions sounds good.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

generally, if you behave responsibly and reasonably, you will not be seriously violating any law...regardless of whether you understand the law

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: SecretAgentMan
The whole thing to me reeks of the Church during the middle ages, where only the holy and scholarly were able to read the Vulgate (Latin Bible) that described the laws of God.

Interesting point, but the law isn't really that inaccessible. In Washington, frex, you can buy an RCW (Revised Code of WA) fairly cheaply and everything's laid out in simple, easy to read English. Additionally, you can read it for free on the web. My point is that it's a lot harder to stay ignorant with such easy access to information; ppl who don't understand the laws of their area today are probably uninformed because they're too lazy to look things up.

Besides, most of the really complex law has to do with corporations, taxes, stocks, immigration, copyrights/patents, etc. ... not exactly the sort of thing Joe Sixpack has to worry about.

 

[IGBT]

As litigation and regulation increases the cost of doing biz in the US becomes prohibitive thus jobs leave the country also fuled by cheaper labor. The legal industry is largely parasitic by nature and needs to be reined in or we risk loosing more jobs and personal freedom and property rights to legal manipulators specializing in malicious interception of the law for profit and personal gain...