2006-07-20 07:38:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Here's the general difference between legal information and legal advice.
Suppose I tell you that the tort of negligence requires that you have a duty of care, that you generally must act as a reasonable person in the situation, and that if you breach your duty of care such that the breach results in someone else being harmed. That's legal information. I've defined the elements of negligence.
Now suppose I tell you that your duty in this particular situation is X-Y-Z, and that in this particular situation your actions were or were not a breach. Suppose I further tell you that to defeat a claim against you for negligence in this particular situation, you would need to prove or disprove A-B-C facts. That's legal advice, because it pertains directly to your specific situation, and because it analyzes your particular rights and obligations in the situation.
If I told everyone to plead not-guilty, without knowing anything about their situation, that wouldn't be giving information particular to their situation. However, if they reasonably relied upon my statements, it could affect their rights and obligations.
It's a running joke that whenever you ask an attorney a question, the initial answer is "it depends". That's because legal advice analyzes an outcome (liability, guilt, etc) depending upon many specific facts. If the answer doesn't depend on any facts, and isn't specific definition of rights and obligations, then it probably wouldn't be considered legal advice.
The line between them matters, because a non-lawyer can provide legal information. However, providing legal advice without a license may constitute unauthorized practice of law.
2006-07-20 07:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
properly, Cathy is showing a competent occasion for all Christians and we could desire to constantly be company in our ideals and do what's attractive interior the sight of God. i think Cathy replaced into doing what Jesus could do. we are able to rejoice that in the time of fact being upheld via a number of people who love God in this u . s . of maximum of backsliders. He somewhat has an exact to plead accountable as charged, yet he's accountable of doing what Jesus could have achieved.
2016-12-10 11:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by beisler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try that... Probly depended which court house you stood out front of. Alot are the Kangaroo courts. (slang for Minds already made up)
2006-07-20 07:49:27 · answer #3 · answered by ole_lady_93 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could qualify it by wearing a tee-shirt that says: "The information you obtain from me is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice." That's what all those websites do.
2006-07-20 07:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no exactly, but they may find you donig something else wrong- stay home
2006-07-20 07:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea
2006-07-20 07:41:07 · answer #6 · answered by wyamideleted 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you should do it from the bottom of a cliff
get it?
2006-07-20 14:11:43 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny
2006-07-20 07:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless they asked you what they should do.
2006-07-20 07:56:06 · answer #9 · answered by Lodiju 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING RIGHT!
2006-07-20 07:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by Wisline F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋