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Old 04-08-2018, 05:45 PM   #295
jason taylor
 
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2 View Post

Why not? A good lawyer sticks to the deals he make.
Sure he does and a few lawyers in the legislature and the executive are not all that bad. It's just that a good lawyer is also to, well, legalistic, whereas people in the executive need to deal with the type of folks who think in the manner of mob families. ROE that expect decency of the state are one thing, if they cripple the state that is another.
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