> >
> > Very little of the business of courts is criminal. My judge's docket is
>85%
> > civil: discrimination cases, contract cases, torts, etc.
>
>So then what are you saying about the role of judges and jailers in a
>post-capitalist world?
>
> Paul Prescod
I have argued here that there would more lawyers (and judges) because whether or not a post-cap society abolished all markets, it would have a lot more regulation. The politicizatiuon of many decisions we now leave to "automatic forces" would lead to disputes. Rules would proliferate and there would be more need of experts to interpret them. One hopes that violent crime would decrease, but fraud probably would increase. I would hope that socialist penologyw ould be less punitive, relying less oin incarceration.
jks
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