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 On 04/11/2025 07:35 pm, The Todal wrote: 
 > On 04/11/2025 18:16, JNugent wrote: 
 >> On 04/11/2025 04:19 pm, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >> 
 >>> Jeff Gaines wrote: 
 >>>> Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >>>>> Pancho wrote: 
 >>>>>> Norman Wells wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>>>>> [quoted text muted] 
 >>> 
 >>>>>> I thought yesterday about making a very similar comment, but on 
 >>>>>> reflection decided not to. Morality is a social construct. Morality 
 >>>>>> doesn't have to be sensible or pragmatic, it can just be group 
 >>>>>> prejudice. 
 >>> 
 >>>>> Which is why successive regimes always insist the law is about 
 >>>>> "justice" 
 >>>>> - even though it obviously isn't. 
 >>> 
 >>>>> The TL;DR is the law is there to ensure the upper strat of society 
 >>>>> (and 
 >>>>> their booty) are protected from the plebs. (So no change there). 
 >>> 
 >>>> Do you think Judges like Denning did try to dispense justice? 
 >>> 
 >>> "Appalling vista" Denning ? Most certainly not. 
 >> 
 >> Did you ever read his book? 
 > 
 > Which one? I have "The Discipline of Law" and "The Due Process of Law" 
 > and I read them years ago and found them very informative. I don't think 
 > Amazon now allows us to "suggest" books that should be converted into 
 > Kindle versions, unfortunately. 
  
 The one I borrowed from the library some years ago - and enjoyed - was a 
 sort of autobiographical retrospective on Denning's career. I can't 
 remember the title. 
  
 One passage I do recall was his description of a case wherein two or 
 three young men - recent graduates, IIRC - had been imprisoned by him 
 for a day or two for a contempt of court. He felt that this had been 
 necessary in order to maintain proper respect for the court and the 
 legal process, but he also clearly wanted to release the men (at the 
 start of their careers and working lives) at the earliest opportunity 
 (and did so). 
  
 His writing style was very distinctive: very short sentences, each 
 clearly terminated as an individual brief thought or observation, with a 
 full stop. On the few occasions I heard him speak (eg, in TV 
 interviews), his thought processes and speech seemed to tend the same way. 
  
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