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Tangent, but: > Therefore, I reached out to a lawyer. However, the costs of hiring one, added to the court fees for initiating the proceedings, are too high to
by penguin_booze 3y ago
Tangent, but:
> Therefore, I reached out to a lawyer. However, the costs of hiring one, added to the court fees for initiating the proceedings, are too high to warrant pursuing this
This is not an uncommon sutuation, is it? The very instituion that was setup to dispense justice, has become inaccessible in most situations for most people.
- gruez 3y ago>This is not an uncommon sutuation, is it? The very instituion that was setup to dispense justice, has become inaccessible in most situations for most people. Because resource constraints exist. The justice is very expensive to run, requiring many highly qualified people. That means for cases where not enough money is at stake, it's not worth the cost (x hours * $300/billable hour for your lawyer, plus the other side's lawyers, plus judge/clerks/paralegals) to peruse justice. The government does step in some cases though, usually in criminal cases.
- gloosx 3y agoIn reality, the institution was set up to assert dominance of power, wasn't it? justice is a fluke for powerless