Nevertheless, as any debater or philosopher knows, in capitalist jurisprudence, the very idea of paid service is inextricably tied up with self-serving gain. For that reason, law, like debate, is, in the end, about sophistry, not Socratic dialogue. While judges, juries, and lawyers claim to be interested in Truth with a capital T, a law trial is not a St. John's College Don Rag. It's a game. And those defendants or plaintiffs with the better players on their team - no matter what each player's m...
Nevertheless, as any debater or philosopher knows, in capitalist jurisprudence, the very idea of paid service is inextricably tied up with self-serving gain. For that reason, law, like debate, is, in the end, about sophistry, not Socratic dialogue. While judges, juries, and lawyers claim to be interested in Truth with a capital T, a law trial is not a St. John's College Don Rag. It's a game. And those defendants or plaintiffs with the better players on their team - no matter what each player's m...
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