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A peculiar breed of [[Mediocre lawyer|legal wordwright]] whose legal expertise chiefly resides in knowing enough about the law to frame the right legal question for someone else, but artfully disclaiming enough knowledge to actually answer it; and the tactical acumen to throw such a hospital pass to such an unsuspecting third party without anyone twigging that she has done it. | A peculiar breed of [[Mediocre lawyer|legal wordwright]] whose legal expertise chiefly resides in knowing enough about the law to frame the right legal question for someone else, but artfully [[Disclaimer|disclaiming]] enough knowledge to actually answer it; and the tactical acumen to throw such a hospital pass to such an unsuspecting third party without anyone twigging that she has done it. | ||
The person who proves best at this behaviour over a sustained period of time gets to be [[general counsel]]. | The person who proves best at this behaviour over a sustained period of time gets to be [[general counsel]]. | ||
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*[[Circle of escalation]] | *[[Circle of escalation]] | ||
*[[General counsel]] | *[[General counsel]] | ||
*[[Doctrine of precedent]] | |||
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