Law Practice
Apr. 15, 2009
The Language of Law
Lawyers must analyze words as much as legal concepts before deducing legal conclusion.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner
Law Offices of Bastian & Dini
Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211
Phone: (310) 789-1955
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Email: robbastian@aol.com
Whittier Law School
"The first thing we must do is kill all the lawyers." The famous line from William Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part II" is uttered in a moment of sarcastic comedic relief by Dick the Butcher, a member of a rebellious mob whose disaffected purpose was to ignite a 1450 plot to overthrow the young king. The rebellion's leader, Jack Cade, replies, "Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? That parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a m...
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