Law Documents in a Nutshell

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Posted by chrisd on Friday October 4, 2002 @03:58PM from the we-don't-need-no-stinking-law-school dept.

Ramakrishnan M writes "LawMeme has a two part article (more to come) on reading and interpreting Legalese for geeks, titled "Law School in a nutshell". Here is the Part 1 and part 2"

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HEADLINE: by littlerubberfeet · 2002-10-04 16:03 · Score: 3, Funny

LawMeme gets sued by O'Reilly for use of word 'nutshell'. Trademark Lawsuit....

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Just what I need! by whereiswaldo · 2002-10-04 16:33 · Score: 2, Funny

The first few paragraphs have me reeled in... this is really scary - it totally makes sense! I truly am a geek. Well there are worse things... I could be a lawyer!
Re:Flamewars... by CSG_SurferDude · 2002-10-04 16:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Normally I wouldn't deign to respond to such an obvious troll.

Vi is an antiquated, modal, slow, non-indexed, non-inuitive, spell-check lacking, ill formatted, no-in-program help file, auto-save-lacking, non-predicatable, case sensitive, clumsy, non-wysiwyg, template-less, graphic-less, THAT HITLER liked to use on Small children and DOGS!

What do I use?

Why, the toggle switches on the front of the computer, you young-whipper-snapper! (flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip --- FLICK (Load-and-Increment)

(BTW: Quirk's Exception to Godwin's Law applies here.)

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lawyer banner ads by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-04 16:48 · Score: 3, Funny

With all of the legal Ask Slashdot questions, why don't more lawyers advertise on Slashdot?
Now that we have a Legalese for geeks... by Q3vi1 · 2002-10-04 16:51 · Score: 2, Funny

I was wondering if we could get a Law School Chicks for Geeks book too... They're really cute, but I don't know how to ask one on a date without getting sued.
Its like jeopardy! by Scaebor · 2002-10-04 16:59 · Score: 2, Funny

This seems like the more recent Ask Slashdot questions in reverse. In this case we provide the answer before the question.
"I'll take patent law for 500, Alex"

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In other self-educated news... by A+nonymous+Coward · 2002-10-04 17:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Haynes books have been banned because too many people were deluded into thinking they understoods mechanics' lingo, Home Depot has been shut down to avoid furthering the delusions of millions of do-it-yourselfers, The Motley Fool has been served with cease and desist papers, O'Reilly, Wrox, and many many other publishers have been hit with restraining orders, can millions of cat and dog owners have been served with restraining orders prohibiting them from coming closer than 100 yards to pet stores.

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O'Reilly by stud9920 · 2002-10-04 22:32 · Score: 2, Funny

But what animal should be on the cover of O'Reilly's "Law In A Nutshell" ? A shark ?