From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!csu-cs!bentson Newsgroups: net.suicide Title: Re: lawyers, guilt and murderers - (nf) Article-I.D.: csu-cs.1981 Posted: Sat Jan 15 10:09:53 1983 Received: Tue Jan 18 03:31:09 1983 References: zehntel.694 The American courts have two functions: to hear cases of law and to hear cases of equity. It's in this second role that the courts can issue injunctions, etc. to prevent or right a wrong. It's in this role that the courts are specifically concerned with justice. (One should note that this dual function is being merged with the addition of laws controlling what the courts can do in cases of equity.) But as was pointed out, the legislators should ensure that the laws are also just.