Re: Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions i...
by jacques_chester on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:02PM
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> under the direction of the Court as to the law
The point here is that jurors decide on facts according to law, as instructed by a judge[0]. The judge is also asked during trial to consider legal questions -- not the jurors.
> I suggested that two different judges can interpret the law differently.
I suggested that is why there is a hierarchy of courts, with the hardest and most important ones being delegated upwards via the process of appeal.
I am, of course, not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice. I did enjoy my time in law school though. The main thing I learned is that the law is a language that resembles but is not common English. Phrases like the one you quoted have to be read in the larger context of case law and statute law.
The point here is that jurors decide on facts according to law, as instructed by a judge[0]. The judge is also asked during trial to consider legal questions -- not the jurors.
> I suggested that two different judges can interpret the law differently.
I suggested that is why there is a hierarchy of courts, with the hardest and most important ones being delegated upwards via the process of appeal.
I am, of course, not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice. I did enjoy my time in law school though. The main thing I learned is that the law is a language that resembles but is not common English. Phrases like the one you quoted have to be read in the larger context of case law and statute law.
[0] http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources...