#im fangirling that we managed to bring holmes up as an analogy for how ALRs think of adjudication

[karasukarei]

Was revising legal philosophy with my classmates last night and we came to the revelation that if Sherlock Holmes (OG Holmes) got into the law (not as an investigator) he'd probably be like an American Legal Realist l o l

(for reference, Holmes says other investigators have a tendency to come to conclusion first then manipulate the facts to reach that conclusion, when the correct way should be to follow the facts as is and draw a conclusion based on the facts)