Hardly anyone understands why George Packer, the son of a Stanford University law professor, noted that two books he was reviewing in The New York Times in 2015 — by authors at opposite ends of the political spectrum — came to the same conclusion: ‘Both describe the legal system as essentially lawless.’
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Can such an extreme statement be right? A curious reader could start looking for answers here. This site shows how a civil trial court and court of appeal in San Francisco handled a case about the end of a 16-year relationship between unmarried partners. It explains for readers put off by legal prose the background to actual briefs filed in the First District Court of Appeal.
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This case study of the California legal system at work begins here …
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