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Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide

Deviant Ollam

4.7 on Amazon

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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

Gary Noesner

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Lincoln

David Herbert Donald

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Mental Health: 7 Books in 1: The Attachment Theory, Abandonment Anxiety, Depression in Relationships, Addiction Recovery, Complex PTSD, EMDR Therapy, Trauma and Somatic Psychotherapy. (CBT+DBT+ACT)

Marzia Fernandez, Gino Mackesy , et al.

4.9 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court

Jay Bilas and Coach K

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Book of the Law

Aleister Crowley, Xander Ravenwood, et al.

4.4 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History

Hampton Sides

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Forensic Science: Fundamentals & Investigations

Anthony J. Bertino and Patricia Bertino

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science)

Robert Bruce Thompson

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court is Reshaping America

Ian Millhiser

3.2 on Amazon

1 HN comments

A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium

Chris Harman, Napoleon Ryan, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Just in Case:A Record of Vital Information in the Event of Emergency, Natural Disaster, Prolonged Illness, or Death

Amy Levine

4.4 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

Leah Cardamore Stokes

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Law For Dummies

JD John Ventura

4.4 on Amazon

1 HN comments

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cormacrelfonMay 19, 2019

I bet car manufacturers wish people would stick to the guidance they distribute for the engines they make. But it’ll never happen. There will never be a professional organisation to weed out bad or fraudulent mechanics, so people are always going to need the basic knowledge to work out when they’re being conned. Medicine, law ... professions that self-regulate are justified in caring that people don’t try to DIY, because they present a credible and reliable way.

You might be tempted to argue protectionism, but that only really flies when some specific job is so completely studied and process-driven that you don’t need the professionals any more. Not exactly the case when you’re talking about interpreting appellate cases or similar, judging by the context of Kerr’s article.

I don’t know what you mean about humility. (Oh - re those new readers. Yes, it’s possible someone will read Law For Dummies and back out recognising the vastness of their incomprehension. But those people were likely to hire a lawyer for real problems already. We’re worried about the people who want to confirm that they’ll be fine without seeking advice. Unless you just lace it with recommendations to seek a lawyer, in which case congratulations, you are a local renting tribunal’s public information officer.)

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