Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/11/2010 3:26 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> In the system I envisage, such wouldn't normally be necessary, except >> in complicated cases.
> There is already small-claims court for very small cases. Depends on where you are. But your emphasis on "very" is apt for anywhere I've lived. > But generally both sides in a dispute will want the most able advocates > they can get, and they will continue to want that no matter what system > is in place to adjudicate disputes. I disagree. Generally, both sides in a dispute want the dispute settled rapidly and cheaply enough that an adverse decision won't risk their standard of living. How cheap is cheap enough? I'd say, say, 10% of the value of the claim. Anything above that, the system's broken. Rapidly enough? Well, I can't see why a typical case couldn't be resolved in ~6 weeks. It was in times past. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
