School, & IYC/Writing

[moonlightrick]

Even Max Weber's typology of types of legitimate rule--traditional, charismatic, and rational or legal-bureaucratic rule--are not free of remainders of the old debate on 'uniqueness vs. comparability' because the ideal types contained elements of uniqueness as 'individual totalities'. The ideal types served to elaborate the special features of

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[moonlightrick]

isn't it, though? I spent half an hour at starbucks, just staring at it. Half the time, the author just sort of...ignores grammar. And I already mentioned the commas, of course :p I don't know, the writing makes sense, it's just...it really reads like the first draft of my term papers--the one I write at 2am, when I'm trying to just spill everything out to meet the word count, and before I've edited it back? *rolls eyes*

SFU's Surrey campus is in a mall--it's rather hilarious. They don't have a Chapters that I've seen (which, seriously?), but there's a Future Shop, Smart Set, and extensive food court. Which I will probably abuse far too often, when I have work after class :p

Btw, you'll like this--part of an English case report from the middle ages:

Richardson Chief Justice de Common Banc al assises de Salisbury in Summer 1631 fuit assault per prisoner la condemne pur felony, que puis son condemnation ject un brickbat a le dit justice, que narrowly mist, et pur ceo immediately fuit indictment drawn per Noy envers le prisoner et son dexter manus ampute et fix al gibbet, sur que luy mesme immediatement hange in presence de Court.

Law French (totally different from just French), Latin, and English. Makes are currently legal language look so...plain English, doesn't it? :P

[moonlightrick]

Speaking of pre-literate: Makes our, even.

[gemme]

isn't dexter manus latin? *too lazy to go look it up*

i know alliance francaise (in france at least) has an option of taking a course in legal french..that would be so fun :P

[moonlightrick]

It is--Medieval "English" lawyers had to be trilingual, because they used all three languages (Eng, Fr, Latin) in the courtroom. Clients were talked to in English, and judges in Law French (with some Latin); and everything was recorded in Latin. Apparently, this "protected" the public from knowing the law :P