In article Ronald
Huttner wrote:
> In article
> Snapper wrote:
>> Ronald Huttner wrote...
>>> rule aus.legal. (P.S. Before retiring in 2003 I practised law
>>> for 36 years - in private practice, government, and as a University
>>> Law Lecturer. I can certainly "hold my own" in a rational debate on
>>> the law, in the event that someone in this newsgroup ever wants to
>>> engage in one rather than simply hurl puerile insults).
>> And this begs the question - why the photon are you hanging
>> around here?Certainly it cannot be intellectually stimulating.
>> That is, indeed, a good question. Although I am retired from the
>> day-to-day practice of the law, I have certainly not lost my
>> interest in it. Every now and then an interesting topic emerges in
>> aus.legal and I enjoy watching all the unqualified dilettantes
>> trying to sort out a complex legal issue ! Where I feel that I can
>> make a useful contribution I do so. I used to teach Advanced
>> Computerised Legal Research in the Law School at the University of
>> Melbourne and get a great deal of enjoyment and satisfaction out of
>> researching legal issues thoroughly. The newsgroup aus.legal is,
>> however, largely a joke. I spend a lot more time contributing to 2
>> of the major law and legal research Discussion Lists Law-Lib (for
>> Law Librarians, Legal Researchers and Information Specialists) and
>> Int-Law (for those interested in matters to do with foreign law,
>> international law etc)
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