Posted on 02/16/2010 by Gil Jones
Why you should be nice to your relatives, especially the older ones …
WILL OF HERMAN OBELWEISS
I am writing of my will
mineselluf that dam lawyer want
he should have too much money,
he asked to many answers about
family. first thing i want i dont
want my brother oscar have a
dam ting what i got. he done me
out of forty [...]
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Posted on 04/09/2009 by Gil Jones
This day, Maundy Thursday 2009, may be an interesting point in the Christian calendar to remember not only the facts of the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus, but to analyze the extensive perversion of the legal system that was required to put him to death. The linked file is an analysis of those events [...]
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Posted on 02/21/2009 by Gil Jones
As a Christian and a judge of 12 years and lawyer licensed since 1973 (gee, that sounds like a long time ago), it is no surprise that, as with many lawyers, I have an interest in the influence of religious principles and history on the law. I was asked to talk in our adult forum [...]
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Posted on 01/08/2009 by Gil Jones
This is a constitutional matter, not just a choice or matter of preference. The issue is fundamental to our personal liberties. It’s all too easy to blast a now-unpopular politician, but the same principle applies to the ordinary citizen accused of a wrong-doing.
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Posted on 05/30/2005 by Gil Jones
I found this on a blog that looks interesting, if deep. It’s Punishment Theory which is touted as a group blog on criminal law and philosophy. Leans left, which means it should at a minimum be thought-provoking. Below are links to online versions of philosophical works, some blogs, and then a lexicon from the Stanford [...]
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