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From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Re: More on justice
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 23:26:24 EST
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> > As I understand libertarian principles, such as society would not
> > even have lawyers -- the legal system would not be sufficiently
> > complex to require such specialists to help people defend their
> > rights.
> 
> Oh come now.  No lawyers?  HA!  I keep hearing libertarians
> say that in the case of a dispute, one can always sue.  Who's
> going to handle these suits?

No lawyers may be misleading...  Currently I represent myself.  I have
no qualms about taking someone to small claims court if they screw around
on the otherside of a deal.  Usually it is settled out of court.  If I
had more free time and there was some money in it (or a worthy cause in
need of my services) I would be willing to represent someone else.  Of
course the bar might get a little upset and it probably wouldn't be worth
the hassle.  Taking time to look up all the relevant laws and precedences
for just a simple dispute currently takes quite a bit of time (and on top
of that I usually wind up reading all sorts of misc. tidbits on the way,
wasting still more time); if the laws were simpler more people would be
representing themselves and their friends/neighbors or people willing to
give them money... would they be lawyers?  Yes and no, these people would
be doing the work of a lawyer but they would be as free to practice law
without being certified as I am to program without being a member of ACM
('though I am a member of ACM, I am free not to be).

	--Cliff [Matthews]
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