Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!nrh From: nrh@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Libertarianism Query Message-ID: <1705@inmet.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:49:22 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.1705 Posted: Wed Aug 22 00:49:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 00:12:49 EDT Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:zinfande:-13000:inmet:7800124:000:788 Nf-From: inmet!nrh Aug 13 17:34:00 1984 >***** inmet:net.politics / fisher!david / 11:01 am Aug 11, 1984 >Sincere question: > >If Libertarianism relies so heavily upon litigation for individuals to >guard their well-being, does that mean one can infringe the rights of >those without the resources to initiate a law suit? Are the poor >unable to avail themselves of litigation? > Not at all -- someone so poor that he could not afford litigation would probably come under the wing of charitable organizations (one might imagine volunteers for such a thing as the ACLU. >Second sincere question: > >If someone does not have sufficient resources to pay a judgment >against themselves, what recourse does the offended party have? Are >poor people therefore immune to litigation? > What happens in OUR society when this is so?