Black Unicorn wrote:
A legal education is the ultimate dose of practical cynicism. It quickly becomes apparent not that the law isn't perfect, but that it is often pretty damn screwed up. American jurisprudence is about _fairness of process_, not justice, or right, or wrong.
Come now, surely justice, right, and wrong are lurking in there somewhere? The word "justice" is used frequently by the legal crowd. For examples, "the Justice Department", "The Justices of the Supreme Court", and that blindfolded lady with the scales, all suggest to the general public that the idea is to somehow provide justice. Nearly everybody who is not a lawyer believes that's a service a legal system is intended to provide. Perhaps I miss your point. Is your statement intended as a condemnation of the U.S. legal system? Which legal systems do you believe are about justice, right, and wrong?