At least for now, thoughts are still not a crime... But at what point do thoughts become a crime?
Saturday, September 3, 2011
2 weeks
Wow. Survived the first 2 weeks.
Starting to get my legs under me as they say. Getting used to the language used in law and in the case studies that we have to do. Lots of dense reading still. The profs are recommending reading each case 4 times right now.
Probably will start outlining next week. Did start the civil procedure outline last weekend. It was 7 pages for the first 2 weeks, but I included the verbose text of the rules of civil procedure that we went over in it.
It is amazing to me the way the legal profession looks at things like property. Property isn't about things, its about the agreements between people as to the rights you have on a thing. In other words, property is nothing more than a social contract. Certain rights can be restricted. But there are some fundamental rights that make it property. So, is a URL property? Is an idea property?
Spent the first 2 weeks of criminal law studying why we punish and the fact that an act (willful physical activity) or an omission is required. Omissions are the hard ones. When do we have a duty to act? If we fail that duty to act, then it is an omission.
Attended the first bar review session Thursday night. We reviewed 4 bars. Looking at all those young people made me start feeling old towards the end of the evening. I could have fathered most of the students and still have been over 18 at the time.
Interesting bunch of folks though. Its amazing to be around 163 people that are all at about the same intellectual level, and we are all struggling.
Starting to get my legs under me as they say. Getting used to the language used in law and in the case studies that we have to do. Lots of dense reading still. The profs are recommending reading each case 4 times right now.
Probably will start outlining next week. Did start the civil procedure outline last weekend. It was 7 pages for the first 2 weeks, but I included the verbose text of the rules of civil procedure that we went over in it.
It is amazing to me the way the legal profession looks at things like property. Property isn't about things, its about the agreements between people as to the rights you have on a thing. In other words, property is nothing more than a social contract. Certain rights can be restricted. But there are some fundamental rights that make it property. So, is a URL property? Is an idea property?
Spent the first 2 weeks of criminal law studying why we punish and the fact that an act (willful physical activity) or an omission is required. Omissions are the hard ones. When do we have a duty to act? If we fail that duty to act, then it is an omission.
Attended the first bar review session Thursday night. We reviewed 4 bars. Looking at all those young people made me start feeling old towards the end of the evening. I could have fathered most of the students and still have been over 18 at the time.
Interesting bunch of folks though. Its amazing to be around 163 people that are all at about the same intellectual level, and we are all struggling.
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