“the law itself may be inconsistent with substantive justice—it may be inconsistent with what you or I believe is right. The idea that we have a legal system rather than a system that simply says, “Do what is right in… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“Although a legal system is rooted in the values of its society, it also has an independent dynamic, with principles, language, and rules of its own.” — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“The art of reasoned persuasion is an iterative, recursive heuristic, meaning that we must go back and forth between the facts and the rules until we have a good fit. We cannot see the facts properly until we know what framework to place them into, and we cannot determine what framework to place them into until we see the basic… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share
“Law, like taxes in the words of the great judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the price of civilization.” — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“the law itself may be inconsistent with substantive justice—it may be inconsistent with what you or I believe is right. The idea that we… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
“Although a legal system is rooted in the values of its society, it also has an independent dynamic, with principles, language, and rules of… — Joel P. Trachtman Copy Share Image
