Law Practice
Nov. 22, 2019
The ‘right answer’ might not exist — really
As a law professor, my favorite doctrines to teach are those that are most confusing and demanding because they allow for discretion and judgment. These are the legal rules that challenge students — as well as society — to determine what is best and just. Reasonable people can disagree. There is no “right answer” that commands a consensus. Opinions change.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
As a law professor, my favorite doctrines to teach are those that are most confusing and demanding because they allow for discretion and judgment. These are the legal rules that challenge students -- as well as society -- to determine what is best and just. Reasonable people can disagree. There is no "right answer" that commands a consensus. Opinions change.
In Remedies especially, much of the course concerns equitable measures that ...
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