The Lament of Law

Away in a lecture
No soft proper bed
The weary law student
Laid down his sad head

The lecturer below
Looked up and he saw
A student who'd never
Made Dean's List before.

--sorry, my inspiration these few days has been sporadic and wryly-humoured.

How To Dump A Lawyer

A law student had his eyes set on one of the pretty girls in campus. He set about his suit with great enthusiasm until he found out that she was from the same faculty as he, only a few years older.

One day, he asked her out for a movie, which she gladly accepted. However, at the appointed time, he was nowhere to be seen. Hurt and upset, the girl left and received a call from him a few hours later.

"Sorry for not making it.."

"Where were you? That was in total breach of contract!"

"No it wasn't.. There was no intention to create legal relations."

BTC

Law is an excellent place to make new contacts.

Spacerocked!

first came the books, then the stoning.. but when they rolled out the Lawyer i fled.

Legal Technicalities

I find this very disturbing.

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A woman is drowning in a swimming pool and calls for help as two men pass. The first of the two men leaps into the water and swims towards her; the second of the two men is passive and stands by to watch.

By Fate or otherwise, the first man reaches the woman just as she goes under. He dives to pull her back up, brings her back to shore, and performs CPR in vain.

When the autopsy results are released (her death resulted from asphyxiation) and the investigation is called, the first man finds himself under suspicion of having a hand in the death. Even after official court proceedings clear his name, he is presented with a lawsuit by the woman's family, suing him for failing to save her.

No one knows what happened to the second man, or where he went.

But everything that happened in this hypothetical situation is completely within the realm of the law.

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The law cannot prosecute anyone for an act of omission.