Authority and rule-breaking

[lea.macleod at gmx.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 16373

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:

lea_macleod said:

> > Go get the book, Catherine, and read the chapter that ends with 
> > Javert´s death (I only read the french version, so I don´t know 
the 
> > English title, sorry). That chapter was a revelation to me, and I 
> > think it may be to all people working in a legal profession. 
> > 
> > 
> Yes, I do need to go back to it - I did say it was a number of years 
> ago.  But I still stand by my comparative comments on black/white 
> issues, ordered worlds etc.
> (By the way, I don't know if you knew, but I'm training to be a 
> lawyer at the moment!)
> Catherine

Yes I knew, I appreciated the way you answered on the MoM Judicial 
system thread in defense of all lawyers in general...

Don´t laugh at me, but I keep a photocopy of that particular chapter 
in the desk drawer in my office, and I read through it now and then... 
not that I´m that much concerned with life-and-death-decisions (yet 
:-)), but I think Les Mis (and Javert´s character) does appeal in a 
special way to legal professionals (some would do well to let 
themselves and their view of the world be a bit more influenced by 
that book!)

But I realise this is getting really OT, so I think we had better stop 
before one of the Mods turns us into bouncing ferrets - let´s go back 
to HP-realted things, ok?