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Legal minefield

The hurdle for success is trust. People, for law to be the platform for freedom, people have to trust it. – Philip K. Howard (TED 2010) (Link)

I am no expert upon thaumaturgic law

Mr Robinson was a polished sort of person. He was so clean and healthy and pleased about everything that he positively shone – which is only to be expected in a fairy or an angel, but is somewhat disconcerting in an attorney. – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke, p. 21)

Interworld

He sighed. It was a long sigh, weary and worldly-wise. The kind of sigh you could picture God heaving after six days of hard work and looking forward to some serious cosmic R&R, only to be handed a report by an angel concerning a problem with someone eating an apple. – Interworld (Gaiman/Reaves)