ABSTRACT
Fermentisabroadinthelaw.Thesphereofinterestwidens; menbecomeinterestedagaininthelifethatswirlsaroundthings legal.Beforerules,werefacts;inthebeginningwasnotaWord, butaDoing.Behinddecisionsstandjudges;judgesaremen;as mentheyhavehumanbackgrounds.Beyondrules,again,lie effects:beyonddecisionsstandpeoplewhomrulesanddecisions directlyorindirectlytouch.ThefieldofLawreachesbothforward andbackfromtheSubstantiveLawofschoolanddoctrine.The sphereofinterestiswidening;so,too,isthescopeofdoubt. Beyondruleslieeffects-butdothey?Aresomerulesmerepaper? Andifeffects,whateffects?Hearsay,unbuttressedguess,assumptionorassertionuncheckedbytest--cansuchbetrustedonthis matterofwhatlawisdoing?
