Law Practice,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 13, 2021
Pleading treasure
The law is a haunted house. Haunted by ghosts, by our past.
Curtis E.A. Karnow
Judge (ret.)
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge Karnow is author of "Litigation in Practice" (2017) and current co-author of Weil & Brown et al., "California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial" (Rutter).
The law is a haunted house. Haunted by ghosts, by our past.
Sometimes, after hours, after a long day in court with the living, with the voluble and the anxious, I open the old wooden door, and wander about the quiet mansion. I am looking for treasure. The floor boards creak. Sometimes I hear sounds from another room, and I investigate. I wave the dust away, see it swirl in the dull light. My fingers run along old words, doctrines, ...
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