"Judah" wrote in message
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"Peter Dohm" wrote in
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If I could do one, and only one, thing to repair the entire system; I
would repeal the doctrine of "strict liability."

I really think that a lot of landlords are simply giving excuses which
they know will be difficult for customers to verify or disprove; it
would reduce the motivation--and that is just a beneficial side effect.
The real benefit would be to stop a tremendous economic drain.

I'm not a legal expert, but I believe the bigger issue is that there is no
downside in a contingency lawsuit. There need to be consequences brought
to the
loser of a legal action if he initiated it.


Otherwise the legal system stands to protect the rich instead of the
innocent...

Yes, fixing that is in my top three, and I have heard an emotionally
compelling argument to apply that fix to criminal law as well. However, I
remain comfortable about keeping the strict liability issue as my first
priority.

Peter