Note: Sorry for the delay in putting this out.  Turns out an increasing case load and a long absence due to a corneal abrasion have led to me being too busy to dedicate any time to this!  But I’ve been slowly chipping away at the end of Chapter One, and so we come to the conclusion of the first scroll…

Chapter 1, cont.

10.  Therefore in laying plans compare the following elements, appraising them with the utmost care.

11.  If you say which ruler possesses moral influence, which commander is the more able, which army obtains advantages of nature and the terrain, in which regulations and instructions are  better carried out, which troops are the stronger;

12.  Which has the better trained officers and men;

13.  And which administers rewards and punishments in a more enlightened manner;

14.  I will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which defeated.

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Posted by Alex Ramos on June 18th, 2009 :: Filed under Tactics and Trial Strategies
Tags :: sun tzu, Tactics and Trial Strategies

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Yesterday at the public defenders’ conference:

The presenter, a psychologist, puts up a picture of two teenagers in profile, nose to nose, forehead to forehead.  The teenagers are breaming and blushing.  She asks “what’s this a picture of?”

The audience, immediately and unanimously, “statutory rape!”

Actually, she was looking for an “above the waist” answer: ‘young love.’

Oh.

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Posted by AndyCowan on June 12th, 2009 :: Filed under A Day in the Life
Tags :: almost but not quite entirely unlike law, law and psychology, law and science, Things that are funny

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