Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:
Law may be many things, but "vague" and "inconsistently
defined" are not among them.
Yeah, that's why so many people make their living debating how to
interpret law.
In law school we had a required course called "Conflict of Laws." What to do
when one law requires something that another law prohibits. This condition
often arises in Constitutional arenas.
A basic rule is this: Whenever there exists a "right" for one person, there
is a simultaneous "duty" on the part of another. When this imposed "duty"
conflicts with another "right," sometimes the only answer is a balancing
test.
The classic - and easily understandable - case is abortion.