But most lawyers, such as I, only use the threat of litigation when they are in the right.
The main difference being that non-lawyers often don't know what their rights are, or if they do, are too intimidated by the thought and cost of the legal system to enforce their rights. Lawyers tend to know their rights, and are familiar enough with the legal system to be able to know when and how to use it effectively.
It's that way with most professions. Face a computer programmer with a problem, and her initial response likely to be to go to the computer to find a way to solve it. Face a writer with a problem, and she's likely to write about it. Face a bureaucrat with a problem and, because they know the bureaucracy and are comfortable working in it, they are likely to look first to some part of the bureaucracy to solve their problem. Face a wealthy person with a problem, and they're likely to pull out their wallet. And on and on. When faced with problems, people tend to use the tools they are trained to use. It's neither complicated nor subversive.
Just consider, for example, if Rambi, X, kholt, BobZ, and Dithers were faced with the same problem, how different their approaches would probably start out being. |
