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Posted by LamarCH on March 24, 19102 at 16:12:13:
In Reply to: Re: question about a debate topic posted by William on January 07, 19102 at 19:56:57:
As a debater, I have a bunch of questions and a few responses to the prompt.
First, key definitions will be absolutely REQUIRED, and they should be abusive enough to favor your side. Check lddebate.com or .org for some further exact ysis on WHY this is true. Second, don't forget the chronological element of the term "supercede" and the possible benefits to negation.
Now for a couple of questions:
1. Is there any legal footing for looking at the spirit of a law as opposed to the letter?
2. In the common law system, would it be acceptable to consider Supreme Court decisions akin to the "letter of the law?"
3. The spirit of the law has been used to justify multiple *ahem* 'streches' of the actual lettering of the law. Is merely stretching the meaning of a particular phrase considered a violation of the letter? If the same phrase was twisted in a different direction, could it be a violation of the spirit?
4. Have there been cases when following the letter or spirit of the law (as opposed to the other) has had a strong positive (or negative) result?
5. Is there a real conflict between the spirit and letter if the letter is ambiguous (sp?)?
6. Do any of you know of a Maryland law firm looking for a runner this summer? If so, I'm graduating and looking for temporary employment.
Please E-mail responses if possible.
Regards,
Chad Henson