Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 7, 2015
Going through a spell
Judges often decide cases involving arcane subjects in which our knowledge or skill is severely limited. For me, it is the esoteric subject - spelling.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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Judges are generalists, although at times they, I mean we, act like generals. Someone once remarked that when the battle in the trial court is over, the justices from the Court of Appeal come down from the hills on their horses and shoot the wounded.
But getting back to judges as generalists. We often decide cases involving arcane subjects in which our...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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