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Note that the above is a UK publication and the laws around apologies are different in other countries. This document I have here (1996, pdf) is a rather good j

by smcg 9y ago

Note that the above is a UK publication and the laws around apologies are different in other countries. This document I have here (1996, pdf) is a rather good journal article on the subject for US legalities. http://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1313&context=jdr http://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti... tl;dr apologies are usually a good thing in your personal life and can prevent litigation in legal matters and are rarely admissible as proof of guilt. I am not a lawyer.

ntumlin 9y ago
On an unrelated point, I was surprised when I saw how many citations there were in the linked document. I guess it's a law thing but it seemed like every sentence had something to back it up, even stuff like the meaning of "sorry" in the first two sentences, which I thought could be assumed.
- schoen 9y ago
  Very typical of law review articles (academic publications in legal journals). Compare this famous humorous law review article, "The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule", http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5322&context=penn_law_review http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article... (As something of a joke, it starts off by giving a citation for the meaning of the word "The".)