Comment OpenLaw: stupid. OpenPolicy: Nice! (Score 1) 30
I was AC. Sorry my name got lost.
>I firmly dissent from AC's proposition that judges making law is a new thing, or an increasing thing.
We're measuring differently: as a lawyer, you might be counting by case, and be right. I'm measuring by policy effect (read: money); the tobacco settlement seems to have tipped the scales this past year.
>[contributions to cases from all sorts of parties] happens all the time, in the form of amicus briefs and appearances...
which might then be added to the corpus of legal commentary, a searchable database? Helpful, but you need to make the case that this is dependent on Open-ness.
>It is important to note the very case that spawned this thread is about the constitutionality of particular legislation
So given my last post, I'm expected to defend that the issue of copyright extensions can better be solved in a Policy Forum than a Federal court.
werdna, you've caught me for the moment. I can't defend that at this time. All I can do is meekly retreat and say that OpenPolicy forums would be more pertinent to public usage. They would be a ncessary base for OpenLaw to develop from.
>I firmly dissent from AC's proposition that judges making law is a new thing, or an increasing thing.
We're measuring differently: as a lawyer, you might be counting by case, and be right. I'm measuring by policy effect (read: money); the tobacco settlement seems to have tipped the scales this past year.
>[contributions to cases from all sorts of parties] happens all the time, in the form of amicus briefs and appearances...
which might then be added to the corpus of legal commentary, a searchable database? Helpful, but you need to make the case that this is dependent on Open-ness.
>It is important to note the very case that spawned this thread is about the constitutionality of particular legislation
So given my last post, I'm expected to defend that the issue of copyright extensions can better be solved in a Policy Forum than a Federal court.
werdna, you've caught me for the moment. I can't defend that at this time. All I can do is meekly retreat and say that OpenPolicy forums would be more pertinent to public usage. They would be a ncessary base for OpenLaw to develop from.
