Did you ever notice how there are almost never lawyers in science fiction?
That’s because they envision a better world.
There are. See, e.g., Flynn, Heinlein, and Pournelle.
Would that it were so. While the Star Wars mythos is lawyer-free, the Star Trek universe is fairly crawling with legal proceedings. Off the top of my head: ST:TOS The Cage – is framed by a Starfleet court-martial of the invalided Capt. Christopher Pike, Capt. Kirk’s predecessor as Enterprise C.O. for insubordination and contravention of orders; ST:TOS Court Martial – Capt. Kirk is tried for the wrongful death of a crewman who turns out to still be alive and trying to frame Kirk; ST:TOS Wolf in the Fold – Scotty is suspected of murders actually committed by a ghost-like creature who was also Jack the Ripper; ST:TNG The Measure of a Man – Data successfully fights, in court, the attempt of a Starfleet researcher to have him disassembled for study and replication.; ST:TNG Encounter at Farpoint – demi-god ‘Q’ presides over a trial of the Enterprise crew for the sins of humanity; ST:TNG Justice – Wesley Crusher is tried in an alien court for the capital crime of messing up a flower bed; ST:TNG The First Duty – Wesley Crusher is one of several surviving members of a Starfleet Academy precision spaceflying squad that is grilled by an accident investigation board after a fatal mishap occurs. Not an exhaustive list by any means.
Dirk,
Actually it was Commander Spock on trial in “The Cage”. Capt. Pike was a witness.
D’oh! How mortifying. Must have been distracted by the green Orion slave girl…
resource extraction as envisioned by Planetary Resources will likewise usher in complex legal challenges that must be met
But should mostly be ignored. First they claim (but this doesn’t have to be public.) Then they wait for challenges (while they go on mining.) Then they defend their claim (9 tenths of the law.)
Once beyond this idiocy; then they and others start to work really building a space infrastructure.
Lawyers in space? Sounds good, as long as they don’t clump together and pose potential problems on re-entry.
…better that than piiiigsss oooonn tooooaaasssst!
That’s another good use for the airlock.
“Lord Vader, there’s a process server here to see you. Something about an injunction against your authorization of military force against Yavin.”
That’s because they envision a better world.
There are. See, e.g., Flynn, Heinlein, and Pournelle.
Would that it were so. While the Star Wars mythos is lawyer-free, the Star Trek universe is fairly crawling with legal proceedings. Off the top of my head: ST:TOS The Cage – is framed by a Starfleet court-martial of the invalided Capt. Christopher Pike, Capt. Kirk’s predecessor as Enterprise C.O. for insubordination and contravention of orders; ST:TOS Court Martial – Capt. Kirk is tried for the wrongful death of a crewman who turns out to still be alive and trying to frame Kirk; ST:TOS Wolf in the Fold – Scotty is suspected of murders actually committed by a ghost-like creature who was also Jack the Ripper; ST:TNG The Measure of a Man – Data successfully fights, in court, the attempt of a Starfleet researcher to have him disassembled for study and replication.; ST:TNG Encounter at Farpoint – demi-god ‘Q’ presides over a trial of the Enterprise crew for the sins of humanity; ST:TNG Justice – Wesley Crusher is tried in an alien court for the capital crime of messing up a flower bed; ST:TNG The First Duty – Wesley Crusher is one of several surviving members of a Starfleet Academy precision spaceflying squad that is grilled by an accident investigation board after a fatal mishap occurs. Not an exhaustive list by any means.
Dirk,
Actually it was Commander Spock on trial in “The Cage”. Capt. Pike was a witness.
D’oh! How mortifying. Must have been distracted by the green Orion slave girl…
resource extraction as envisioned by Planetary Resources will likewise usher in complex legal challenges that must be met
But should mostly be ignored. First they claim (but this doesn’t have to be public.) Then they wait for challenges (while they go on mining.) Then they defend their claim (9 tenths of the law.)
Once beyond this idiocy; then they and others start to work really building a space infrastructure.
Lawyers in space? Sounds good, as long as they don’t clump together and pose potential problems on re-entry.
…better that than piiiigsss oooonn tooooaaasssst!
That’s another good use for the airlock.
“Lord Vader, there’s a process server here to see you. Something about an injunction against your authorization of military force against Yavin.”