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To: Wildstar who wrote (5421)	4/15/2003 9:21:57 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

WVa isn't the only jurisdiction to lose surgeons over malpractice suits. Perhaps the electorate in those states will ask their politicians to limit liability, akin to "good Samaritan" laws that protect civilians. That doesn't seem too radical to me. What would you propose? -g BTW, the problem with private law and justice is that not everyone will subscribe to the same system, resulting in extraordinary conflict. A major role of law is not just to distinguish good from bad behavior. It is to provide a rulebook to play the game by. Most rules can be perfectly arbitrary (drive on the right hand side, red means stop, etc.), but they have to be the same for everyone. Even though I count myself solidly in the libertarian camp, I do believe that a civilization can be measured by the strength of its institutions. Justice is the major one of those institutions that defines a society.