Re:You are committing a crime right now
by CodeMage on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @08:48AM
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Here's an idea: if legalese is similar to mathematics in that without training we fail to interpret it correctly, couldn't we incorporate it in our education the same way we did with mathematics?
Just to be clear, I'm not proposing to teach kids to be lawyers. Being a lawyer would be like having a PhD in mathematics. But we do teach kids basic calculus, algebra and stuff like that, so why not "basic legal stuff" (whatever it's called)?
I guess that one positive impact of your idea would be moving mathematicians into the almost celebrity status of lawyers. They'd be fun to watch when interviewed too.