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AvoidLegalRisk

A behavior frequently found in people is to avoid doing anything which might possibly cause them to be taken to court, even if they feel that they would win the court case.

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I think most everyone does this. -- BayleShanks

To the contrary -- someone else

It's not so much that people are afraid that they will lose in court; they cannot incur the cost of going to court, or of dealing with legal letters. You have to pay a lawyer to advice you, and then make time to talk with the lawyer. If you actually go to court, you spend an enormous amount of time doing so. It is the legal fees and the time that deters people, not just the chance of losing in court.

In countries like the US (I'm ignorant of everywhere else), the legal system tries hard to prevent innocent people from being convicted. It it not effective at preventing innocent people from needing to hire lawyers. Some would even argue that the system is biased this way, because lawyers (who are the people in charge here) think that it is only natural that lawyers often would need to be relied upon in modern life.

So, even if "the law is pretty sane on the balance" and "every legal case has two sides", that doesn't defeat the need to AvoidLegalRisk.

-- BayleShanks


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