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The burden of proof, so the philosophers say, is on {{sex|she}} who makes the existential claim. It is not for a defendant to | The burden of proof, so the philosophers say, is on {{sex|she}} who makes the existential claim. It is not for a defendant to [[prove]] a negative. | ||
But do not let that stop you trying. If, with many [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyers]], you distrust epistemology — indeed, if you simply find silence uncomfortable — you can always slip in a [[disclaimer]]. Nothing gladdens an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s heart more than one of these. Where a [[client]] sees such a page of tightly leaded eight-point font as mere texture, his lawyer will see a power, beauty, and precision impossible to articulate to the laity. A [[Ultimate disclaimer|good disclaimer]] bootstraps itself off the page and into three-dimensions, arcing gracefully into imagined geometries of space-time, disclaiming even itself into nothingness. | But do not let that stop you trying. If, with many [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyers]], you distrust [[epistemology]] — indeed, if you simply find silence uncomfortable — you can always slip in a [[disclaimer]]. Nothing gladdens an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s heart more than one of these. Where a [[client]] sees such a page of tightly leaded eight-point font as mere texture, his lawyer will see a power, beauty, and precision impossible to articulate to the laity. A [[Ultimate disclaimer|good disclaimer]] bootstraps itself off the page and into three-dimensions, arcing gracefully into imagined geometries of space-time, disclaiming even itself into nothingness. | ||
As an intellectual exercise the disclaimer gets to the heart of the lawyer’s disposition. Reading one is to slip the deadbolt on the door to your counsel’s mind.<ref>The door does not revolve, though: once you cross that threshold there is no way back. It is one of the many [[Schwarzschild radii]] of the law.</ref> | As an intellectual exercise the disclaimer gets to the heart of the lawyer’s disposition. Reading one is to slip the deadbolt on the door to your counsel’s mind.<ref>The door does not revolve, though: once you cross that threshold there is no way back. It is one of the many [[Schwarzschild radii]] of the law.</ref> | ||