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The Profitability of Tapping Into a Client's Narcissism

Sorry, but rarely do "normal" people end up in the court system.  Normal people ignore the slights of existence; or at least they don't think bearing the hassle and expense of litigation is congruent with the slight.  Being only slightly abnormal, I have of course drafted Complaints over various slights.  I've never filed a lawsuit, though.  It's just not that big of a deal.  By filing a lawsuit, you're proclaiming that you have rights, and those rights are important.  You have Big Rights.  Who thinks they are important enough to file a lawsuit?  Most civil defendants have done something shady - even if not technically illegal or world-ending.  What pathology causes a person to harass others? In the criminal context, it's rare that Bambi finds herself in front of the hunter's scope...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).