Michael Plaxton
@MichaelPlaxton
Law prof. Books: Implied Consent & Sexual Assault; Sovereignty, Restraint & Guidance; Tenth Justice.
1. Get comfortable with statutes - and in particular the Criminal Code. You need to be able to sensibly parse statutory provisions even when no court has looked at them yet. And you will understand cases better when you independently examine the provisions they construe.
Sharing this because I think it's helpful to at least understand the legal reasoning behind the decision even if one still dislikes or disagrees with it. I don't think it serves survivors well to make sweeping statements one way or the other. x.com/MichaelPlaxton…
I agree this is a persistent source of confusion - for laypersons, the media, and for more than a few lawyers. The substantive law says that there must have been subjective, contemporaneous consent to the various sexual activities alleged. To prove this, the Crown must adduce…
“People talk about the most personal sh** in their lives to ChatGPT,” Altman said. “People use it — young people, especially, use it — as a therapist, a life coach; having these relationship problems and [asking] ‘what should I do?’ And right now, if you talk to a therapist or a…
Sam Altman just confirmed what lawyers have been saying for over a year: There’s no legal privilege when you use ChatGPT. So if you’re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking it for strategy, you’re not getting legal advice. You’re generating discoverable…
It’s because the classes are harder! You *could* make really hard humanities classes to weed out the weakest students, but schools in practice don’t do that so it actually is the case that science majors are smarter and harder working.
i hate the fact that math and science smart students are considered smarter than english and history smart students
once again we must review that normal people are now exposed to things every day that would, literally, previously have only been madness inducing items from fairy tales and ancient legends.
My fiancé sent me this AI generated image of us with two kids. I can’t quite put my finger on it but something tells me she wants something 🤔
Less than three years until he becomes the longest-serving justice ever!
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS is now 7th longest serving Supreme Court Justice in U. S. history- 33 years, 330 days. He’s our nation’s greatest Justice & an American hero. Watch Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words & listen to or read his memoirs, My Grandfather’s Son.
Short version: you don't do anybody any favours by pretending that every sexual assault trial (and every complainant) is the same as every other.
If one really wanted to minimize the effect of this trial on reporting, as many claim, one way to do it is to emphasize that the complainant in *this specific case* was *particularly* lacking in credibility - which is precisely what the judge did. The problem is that people…
If one really wanted to minimize the effect of this trial on reporting, as many claim, one way to do it is to emphasize that the complainant in *this specific case* was *particularly* lacking in credibility - which is precisely what the judge did. The problem is that people…
"Judgment, both moral & aesthetic, is inseparable from human life & thought itself. If anyone were inclined to doubt this, he need only try to get through a day without making such a judgment, either directly or by implication, either in public or in the privacy of his own mind."
After a Montreal church was subject this week to police storming in and to a municipal fine for holding a religious concert and to non-government protestors throwing a smoke bomb into the event, this would be a good Sunday for Canadian churches to talk about #religiousfreedom
3/ Whether one agrees with the decision or not, I highly recommend checking out the timelines and exchanges between @MichaelPlaxton and @petersankoff among others (@lawandchocolate is excellent too) for legally-informed discussions on the decision.
So guys, this used to be the pope’s truck. Now this guy drives it. Not too shabby.
Among all worldly things there is nothing which seems worthy to be preferred to friendship. Friendship unites good men and preserves and promotes virtue. Friendship is needed by all men in whatsoever occupations they engage.
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In order of how much I enjoyed them, these are the McCarthy books I've read: 1. The Passenger 2. The Crossing 3. All The Pretty Horses 4. The Road 5. Blood Meridian 6. Stella Maris 7. The Sunset Limited Based on this preference ranking, which of his books should I read next?
Welcome Class of 2028!
A partner at a prominent law firm told me “AI is now doing work that used to be done by 1st to 3rd year associates. AI can generate a motion in an hour that might take an associate a week. And the work is better. Someone should tell the folks applying to law school right now.”
Last night I came up with an idea that I think will significantly assist the prosecution of sexual assault offences. It is a rare "win-win", in that I think this change will help make the system better for everyone.
And as long as we keep expecting women to be the perfect victims and the perfect complainants the world won't change. I'm posting this again to say that I am grateful to EM for her courage. archive.ph/bsqVd