[Sca-cooks] Visiting New York

[Mark Hendershott]

At 08:25 PM 8/31/2003 -0700, David wrote:
>>not exactly enroute...but we could meet for lunch in new haven. only 
>>place i know near campus is a falafel place, oddly enough...
>>
>>Hm, if we abolish criminal law, what exactly would we do...i vaguely 
>>remember admin law, but i dont think that applies...grin
>
>
>Tort law. Tort and criminal are two ways of doing essentially the same 
>thing--imposing costs on people who do bad things to other people, in 
>order that they won't.
>
>For a real world example of pure tort, consider saga period Iceland.


Tort law seems an unsatisfactory method of dealing with particularly 
serious offenses.  I used to defend capital murder cases and can't really 
see a tort action as being of much use in dealing with those folks.

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir


>>margali
>><wondering where her cd copy of the CFR managed to disappear to...>
>>
>>david friedman wrote:
>>>>Hm, talks on what?
>>>
>>>
>>>To the Yale Political Union on "Should we abolish the criminal law?"
>>>
>>>To the U of Chicago club and to a group at Yale that a friend of mine 
>>>(who set the talks up) is part of, on technological change over the next 
>>>few decades and issues it will raise.
>>>
>>>>margali
>>>>did i mention Phlip and I live about an hour and a few from New Haven?.....
>>>
>>>
>>>In what direction? I'll be either driving or taking  the train down from 
>>>Boston to visit a friend north of NYC on Monday morning, if all goes 
>>>according to current plans. If you are en route, that might be an 
>>>argument for driving.
>>
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