Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2014, Volume 27, Number 3
Content
- Table of Contents
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- To Demur or Not in Slapp Cases: Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot
- Experiences of a New Lawyer
- A New Aggregate Litigation Model Emerges - Technology-Driven Mass Actions
- Court Reporters Transcripts in a Digital World: Yesterday's Rules Don't Fit Today's Technology
- Summary Contempt and Due Process: England, 1631, California, 1888
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Recent Activity in Frivolous Appeals
- Editor's Foreword Show and Tell: Food Fight in the Courtroom
- Have a Voice! Weighing In On Prospective California Judges Through the Jne Commission
- McDermott On Demand: the Rules of Procedure or the Rule of Law?
- Masthead
- From the Section Chair
- Court Filings: Time to Sign Out of the Signature Requirement?
- Letters to the Editor
- Confidence Before the Court: How to Find It
McDermott On Demand: The Rules of Procedure or the Rule of Law?
By Thomas J. McDermott, Jr.
There is a famous anecdote starring Hillel, the great Jewish scholar and philosopher, which goes like this: A Roman soldier approaches Hillel and says, "If you can teach me everything in the Torah while I stand on one leg, I will become a Jew." Hillel says, "Raise your leg." The Roman does. Hillel says, "That which is hateful unto you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole of the Torah, the rest is commentary. You are now a Jew. Go forth and study."
The Torah (the Old Testament) and the Bible (the New Testament) both do say exactly that. There is more, of course, but most all going to the same end: Be decent to others so that they will be decent to you.
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