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Author: Lloyd Duhaime Created: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:52 PM

A blog monitoring and deciphering legal and justice system news and providing honest, candid commentary thereon.

In some Muslim countries, law blogging is a hazardous occupation.

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The PR tanks are rolling out in British Columbia as lawyers take up arms against a fundamental rule change proposal suggested not just by an elected Attorney General but in the back drop, in black gown and red sash, the sheepish grins of superior court judges.

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Trial, for the layperson (read "non-lawyer") is a source of tremendous stress and nervousness. You rarely see standing-room only line-ups at the public galleries of the Courthouse. But for lawyers, they are masochistic labours of love; a chunk of time where the stress is through the roof but so, too, is the intensity.

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A lone student stands-down a row of four communist tanks and still, 19 years later, lawyers and international law experts with far less courage, ... tremble and wait.

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What is with banning hand-held cell phone use while driving that's so difficult for law-makers? Maybe this will help: The Emperor has no clothes! The Emperor has no clothes!

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It only takes two psychiatrists to lock someone away. Birthday or not, here's enough to find ten.

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We speaketh prematurely but the lovely knoll of ditching political correctness- sweeter sounding still as it rings from the home of the common law - has been heard and struck a beacon of light upon the shadow of law which naively wants to be all things to all cultures.

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British Columbia experiences two shining examples of police inaction - either cowardice or stupidity - in less than nine months.

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Envelope please! (Drum roll.) The award for pro bono works goes to ... John Doe, Esquire and Q.C. ..... because he has the highest rates to his paying clients and he can afford to charade as a poverty avenger!

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As we all march to our lemming-like demise upon the cliff of environmental disaster, a path of law back to safety may yet be found.

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The Provincial government's top law enforcement officer toys with not prosecuting polygamists and bigamists, anticipating a Charter ass-kicking in Court. If so, law is orphaned and we all suffer.

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With sympathies to recovering European traffic victims and their families, and for the hospital food, the solution to your woes is simple. Three words; traffic law enforcement.

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Much maligned since 1789, the bourgeois of France are back.

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Gentlemen, dust off your armour and man your wigs.

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Smut, crime and catch and release in the homeland of common law.

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Venture off your all-inclusive resort in Mexico and you'd better saddle 'up, partner (and bring a doggy bag and call your insurance broker .... )!

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A bored Canadian lawyer realizes how fascinating Mexico is ... and will be ....!

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The rise of sexsomnia as a defence to horrendous criminal acts continues unabated. Knocked down here and there, many are getting through including that of Jan Luedecke.

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The news is full of daily glimpses of the evolution of the law. You just need to open your eyes to it.

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Still no "eureka" moment on how to deal with killers. But as all wait for that communal mystical moment - as when Banting invented insulin - we agonize and finger-point, each thinking the other barbarous or ignorant on our disparate views on capital punishment.

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Law Professor Killed By His Own Justice

Only with nausea can one fathom that Nizar Rayan was a professor of law.

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The Drama Of Life, aka Your Local Courthouse

For the voyeurs of everyday life, there is only the courthouse.

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Upstart Law School Challenges Old Boys Club

The Internet-based Legal International Evaluation Society, launched its long-awaited online law school on November 27th amidst little fanfare but significant promise.

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Unless otherwise noted, this article was written by Lloyd Duhaime, Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney and Lawyer (and Notary Public!). It is not intended to be legal advice and you would be foolhardy to rely on it in respect to any specific situation you or an acquaintance may be facing. In addition, the law changes rapidly and sometimes with little notice so from time to time, an article may not be up to date. Therefore, this is merely legal information designed to educate the reader. If you have a real situation, this information will serve as a good springboard to get legal advice from a lawyer.

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