The Illustrated Guide to Law

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The webcomic that teaches what the law really is…
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A Brief History of Government in Six Revolutions

Nathan: Much obliged! I actually did get Covid—despite being the one germaphobe in the family (gently mocked for it, too) who's always washing his hands and covering up and getting ...

Jeffrey Brown: Hi Nathan, you seem to be getting a lot of criticism lately. I just wanted to say thanks for putting in all the work to make this whole thing. I was a bit worried when you did...

Nathan: At least you managed to post something today. You're ahead of me!...

Tarhalindur: Crap, I meant to reply to Sewblon. I cannot brain today....

Tarhalindur: Most likely it's a situation where all (or at least almost all) religions have rituals, but not all rituals are part of religion....

Nathan: How about we wait until we get there....

Sewblon: Do you mean to say that ancient religions did not include practices and social connections in addition to explicit beliefs?...

Nathan: You are talking about a version of religion that came along way, WAY after the first religions, which is where we're going at the moment. I know it's been hard for some people...

Sewblon: You are taking too narrow a view of religion. Religion does include beliefs. But it also includes practices, and social connections. |Link| Even in protestant Christianity, th...

Nathan: Ritual, nothing—What we do is a full-blown liturgy! Complete with litanies that (like those of ancient pagan temples) must be recited precisely correctly, lest your hoped-fo...

STM: What are some rituals lawyer do? The judge saying "Oyez" springs to mind, though it once had a practical purpose....

Nathan: Beets. I'm trying to think of something witty to add to that, but I'm gonna need another cup of coffee first....

Castamir: What does it mean "bete rot" on the sign? (in runes)?...

Kathryn Kendall: Thank you for responding when I try to enlarge I have to do the whole page which makes the image distorted (blurry) and moves the image. the page is also not able to scroll ...

sewblon: "The rest of the article also deals with what it calls large, sedentary, stratified societies. These are essentially the opposite of paleolithic bands, which were small and no...

Nathan: Obviously there were exceptions. For example, constrained geography where one couldn't "just walk away" led to more violence. But the people in the article you cite lived onl...

sewblon: Pr-agricultural people even had slaves....

sewblon: The idea that paleolithic people were all egalitarian nomadic people is probably wrong. We know of societies in the Americas and Asia that were stratified and sedentary withou...

Janet Lewis: There is also something some people have called "Face Blindness" which means basically *everyone* looks alike, even people of your own race. People with this can have trouble...

James: No warrant to search...violated rights (4th amendment)...

WELCOME to the Illustrated Guide to LawThe webcomic that teaches what the law really is…how the law really works (and doesn’t work)… and why!

WELCOME to the Illustrated Guide to Law

The webcomic that teaches what the law really is…
how the law really works (and doesn’t work)… and why!