Legal System Philosopher Mugs

"Are you telling me that just because something is against the law, that makes it illegal?"

'Ignorance of the law is no excuse, especially when you're majoring in Law.'

'I request an postponement, Your Honor -- I have to study for my bar exams.'

Barristers

"Judgement Day: Division Four"

'I'm being sent back. I told you I have a great attorney.'

Truth

'Your Honor, my client would like to wave his right to a speedy trial.'

"I've learned something in this trial. My firm needs to hire that prosecutor."

"Objection, your honor, my client's feelings are being hurt."

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

'Wow! I never before saw such a strenuous objection.'

"They're class action figures."

"Better that a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be convicted, right?"

The Birth of a Lawsuit

"Permission To Treat Prosecutor as Hostile, Your Honor?"

The Dangers of Corporate Personhood

10 Commandments in the Supreme Court (USA)

"In a just world we'd have 'No Lawyer Left Behind'."

'Let's try it again. And this time, don't cross your fingers.'

' Of course there isn't one law for the rich and another for the poor..There's only one impartial law. For all who can afford it.'

'No need to text me the answer to that. I'm right here.'

'I gotta admit - this 'jury by my peers' idea of yours is looking pretty good.'

'I got a suspended sentence.'

"Please accept the apologies of this court. You're free to go now, and, by the way, here's your DNA back."

"Thank you for the rewind, Miss Cooper. Now let us fast-forward to that fateful moment in February and hit the pause button."

"Can you hurry up with that will? I don't have all day."

'You wanted a speedy trial, so I'm sentencing you to a swift kick.'

"That settles it. I'm moving for a retrial."

"Twenty five years! But your honor,

"Impartiality becomes you."

'It was a very strange divorce — the judge got custody of my wife.'

I Litigate Therefore I Am.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, my client blah blah...."

"Your honor, I intend to put the system on trial."