Category: PHILOSOPHY
PISSING ON THE PITHY
FALSE APHORISMS: A PREFACE Almost all aphorisms–pithy sayings that are intended to...
Read MoreBULLSHIT FOR LAWYERS–A PHILOSOPHICAL GUIDE
ON BULLSHIT: A SHORT AND VIVID TREATISE FOR LAWYERS Michael Sean Quinn* Harry G. Frankfurt, a distinguished writer and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University wrote a very short book in 2005 entitled ON...
Read MoreLAWYERS, SELF-EXPLORATION, SPIRITUAL DEPTH, AND THE GOODNESS OF INEQUALITY
on inequality* Michael Sean Quinn** The title of this blog-essay is also the title of a book by Harry G. Frankfurt, one of the most interesting and readable...
Read MoreLAWYER VIOLENT CRIME
FAMILY VIOLENCE Michael Sean Quinn* A New York personal injury (and maybe probate) litigator who lived in Fairfield Connecticut had spent his off duty time beating and stabbing members of his family. Some of the beatings were...
Read MoreCicero’s Axiom of Advocacy
A CICERONIAN AXIOM Michael Sean Quinn* Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) aka Cicero, one of history’s greatest lawyers, as well as one of the top 10 orators of Western Civilization, one of the top 50 philosophers...
Read MoreLOVE, LAWYERS, AND LAW
LOVING TRUTH AND LOVING LAWYERING Michael Sean Quinn* One of the most significant American philosophers of the late Twentieth Century and on into the early 21st...
Read MoreLAWYERS AS ASSHOLES
Assholes: What Are They? Michael Sean Quinn* “ASSHOLES: A THEORY” is the title of a short book by Aaron James, a professor of philosophy at the University of California Irvine. He published it in 2012 (Doubleday). It...
Read MoreSame Sex Marriage, Human Dignity, and Contemporary Constitutional Law
DISGRACEFUL DISSENTING OPINION ON DIGNITY Michael Sean Quinn* Whether gay men, lesbian women, or anyone else, for that matter, have a right to same sex marriage was resolved by the Supreme Court of the United States and...
Read MoreLawyer Advertising of Family Lawyers in Texas
AN ATTORNEY AD AND A BRIDES’ MAGAZINE Michael Sean Quinn* There are “brides magazines” everywhere. They are glossy paged journals mostly advertising expensive dresses worn by beautiful and...
Read MoreLusitania Disaster, Probate Law–Fowles’ Will, & the Cardozo Court
Lusitania Litigation and Charles Fowles’s Will: The Cardozo Decision of the New York Court of Appeals– Part VIII.E Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. (See below)...
Read MoreLawyer Crime (#6): “He Who Steals from His Partners. . .”: Philosophy and Story
Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Screws Own Partners Out Fees to Be Shared *Michael Sean Quinn(See Below) All or virtually all of legal ethics derive from the fact that lawyers (“Ls”) are fiduciaries of their...
Read MorePROCRASTINATION FOR LAWYERS: THE TWO TYPES
Structural Procrastination Michael Sean Quinn Law Office of Michael Sean Quinn Quinn and Quinn 1300 West Lynn #208 Austin, Texas 78703 mquinn@msqlaw.com (Resumes Attached to Website) (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 Frequently,...
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