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From: nrh@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Libertarianism Query
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:49:22 EDT
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>***** 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?