<story><title>Chinese farmer &apos;studies law for 16 years&apos; to defeat dumping of hazardous waste</title><url>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-farmer-wang-englin-study-law-16-years-chemicals-corporation-qinghua-group-dump-chemical-a7566911.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>retrocryptid</author><text>both my father and a dear friend gave me some great advice... &amp;quot;if you can, go to law school. even if you&amp;#x27;re not a practicing lawyer, it&amp;#x27;s very useful to know how they think.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;one friend commented &amp;quot;law school teaches you about the operating system of society&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tasty_freeze</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand how this is great advice.  You might as well say: if you can, go to med school so that when you have to deal with the medical establishment, you know how it works. Spend years as a carpenters apprentice so when you buy a house you will be able to recognize the quality&amp;#x2F;problems it has. etc</text></comment>
<story><title>Chinese farmer &apos;studies law for 16 years&apos; to defeat dumping of hazardous waste</title><url>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-farmer-wang-englin-study-law-16-years-chemicals-corporation-qinghua-group-dump-chemical-a7566911.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>retrocryptid</author><text>both my father and a dear friend gave me some great advice... &amp;quot;if you can, go to law school. even if you&amp;#x27;re not a practicing lawyer, it&amp;#x27;s very useful to know how they think.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;one friend commented &amp;quot;law school teaches you about the operating system of society&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>solidsnack9000</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been reading &amp;quot;Lectures on Jurisprudence&amp;quot;, a collation of lecture notes from a course Adam Smith gave in the 1760s. It is somewhat puzzling phrasing but seems to be a very structured introduction to the law, addressing questions like:&lt;p&gt;* What are the ways recognised by the law in which people acquire property? One way is simply by holding it for a long time; another is by receiving it, as through an inheritance; a third is when property results from other property, as when an apple tree produces apples.&lt;p&gt;* What do &amp;quot;rights&amp;quot; mean in a legal context and where do they originate from? Some are intrinsic, some are the result of agreements.&lt;p&gt;* What are the laws of marriage and inheritance and how have they changed over time?</text></comment>