Re: on law and lawyers

From: Cumbow, Robert <RCumbow[_at_]GrahamDunn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:58:24 -0700

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Harold Orlans <horlans[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
>
> A "fact specific" law with very unclear principles is a law made,
> piece by piece, in court and not in Congress, which, if it does
> its job, is supposed to make the law.

With all due respect (and civility), I think this statement betrays a very faulty understanding of the American legal system.

Robert C. Cumbow
> Graham & Dunn, P.C.
> 1420 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor
> Seattle, Washington 98101-2390
> Phone: 206-340-9619
> Fax: 206-340-9599
> E-mail: rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com
> Website: http://www.grahamdunn.com/
>
Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 16:05:39 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Mar 26 2007 - 00:35:35 GMT