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While this is the safest thing to do and people should probably do so, I think this shouldn't be used as a "hey, we DONT want you to know". The simple fact tha
by zobzu 13y ago
While this is the safest thing to do and people should probably do so, I think this shouldn't be used as a "hey, we DONT want you to know".
The simple fact that we have to tell people to go see a lawyer for protecting themselves just shows how wrong the society is (in the USA in particular) regarding laws.
But more than that, people should at least be able to get an educated answer on what to do, other that "go pay money to that guy, he knows AND this will shield you from legal issues that could ruin your life."
I mean, seriously.
- jacques_chester 13y agoI think this is availability bias. You notice the disputes and tricky questions that get referred to lawyers because these are unusual. The law almost always goes on without anybody having to notice or take additional action. We are always moving through and interacting with the invisible web of the law. It works so well that we only notice it when something goes awry or something unusual happens (like OP's situation -- if it were normal, people would have a better idea of what to do). Yesterday I entered into several legal contracts. We went through all the legal formalities under common and statue law, created mutually binding obligations, discharged our legal requirements and then went on our respective ways. These variously took the form of buying groceries, hailing a cab, buying dinner, picking up laundry (with the added bonus of bailee-bailor relationship) and getting a haircut. Because nothing unusual happened, I didn't think about the law. At all. But it was there.
- jfoster 13y agoActually, even consulting a lawyer won't shield you from legal issues.