posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:22 PM by mexikali luchadoria

They warned me!

When I started law school, everyone told me I'd start finding humour in odd legal things. This is one of those quizzes that will make sense only if you work in the legal profession.

 

Notice, it was made by someone called "drunklaw".

 

http://quizilla.com/users/Drunklaw/quizzes/Which%20Canon%20of%20Statutory%20Construction%20are%20You%3F/

 

Im the Rule of Leniety

Comments

# re: They warned me! @ Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:19 PM

You are the Plain Meaning Rule! You interpret statutes according to what an ordinary speaker of English would understand from the text. You're upfront and direct. You claim that you're just following the rules, but often find a clever technicality to interpret the rules however you want.

Rather fitting since my favorite expression (derived FROM law school actually, though I forget which prof...) is "words mean things."

My assistants know it well... "Yes, Evil Randar, words mean things, I'll stop assuming you wanted help."

The Evil Randar