On 05/11/2014 11:34 AM, John Gilmore wrote: > The only element of novelty in the notion that "not all of the lawyers > in the world can foretell . . . " is its hyperbole. > > Justice Holmes long ago defined the law as "an informed guess as to > what the courts will enforce in given circumstances"; and this element > of indeterminacy, larger in some areas than in others, does need to be > kept in mind. > > It is not, however, a bar to much of anything. Charles Mills > apparently dislikes escrow agreements, and he is free to try to avoid > them where he can. As a great physicist put the matter, "He is > entitled to his own opinions, but is not to his own facts". > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ... If escrow agreements are yet another area where the law and expensive lawyers can't be relied on to produce the best common sense outcome, then perhaps the more apt quote in this context would be "the law is an ass".
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