Well, you need to articulate the rules that govern. Sometimes as here the rule has a history. Outlawry was a process in English common law, and early American law, as well, where criminal defendants were declared civilly dead. The history . . . That s an academic approach Civilly dead.
History s dead.
Lawyers must be the only people left who care about the past. Everything is surface. Maybe it sounds shallow, commercial, but the most complex thing our readers care about is the President s zippo. And even that . . . The associate cleared his throat. You can t . . .