Re: Legal AI usage/research ?

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which wise man said "kill all the lawers" ? 
>Or should it be the legislators - who are mostly lawers ?

It was in "Henry VI" by William Shakespeare.  The character who says
it, Dick the Butcher, wants to kill all the lawyers because they might
interfere with his (and his friends') plans to replace the rule of law
with their own personal tyranny.

See, for example,
    http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01351.html

I'm afraid lawyers are a necessary evil.  Yes, they cost a lot of
money, and often they make things more complicated (especially
when they are also legislators).  But without law, how would we ever
resolve disputes between people?

Would you prefer trial by combat, a la the mythic Old West where a
couple of gunfighters would draw down on each other?  Do you think
you're a faster and better shot than everybody else?  If you have to
hire a gunfighter to fight for you, expect to pay him at least as much
as you would a lawyer.  Maybe more -- at least the lawyer doesn't put
his life on the line every time he goes to court.
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