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[graculus]

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on tv, but I do have a lovely job for local government that requires me to keep up with legislation and so it cheered my sad and geeky heart yesterday to discover the newly-opened Statute Law Database. Basically, for sad people like me who're interested in that sort of thing, it's an archive of primary and secondary legislation for the entire UK (as enacted by the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Irish Parliaments/Assemblies of various periods).

Which basically means pretty much all the law you might ever need, dating back from 1267 to the present day - that means if you ever need to know about A Statute forbidding Bearing of Armour (1313), which bans people from coming armed to the Houses of Parliament, or indeed the Prevention of Damage by Rabbits Act 1939, this is the place to go! ;)

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[przed.livejournal.com]

Back when I was a legal researcher, I spent more than enough time with my nose in law reports as well. Which is why I was putting off said research. I poked around the site and found thaty, yeah, what I need (Criminal Evidence Act around 1969) was repealed, but I think I can find what I need now on our databases at work.

I do like Bob, but I'm becoming more and more fond of Carlos. And of course I can't resist David Sandstrom's angst puppy ways.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Part of my job is also keeping up with relevant caselaw and, being sad and geeky, I get unduly excited when something crops up. And then they all look at me funny. ;)

The thing about David is that he's such a big tart and it's always fascinating to see what kind of major trainwreck he can cause...

[przed.livejournal.com]

Clearly I need a Canadian scientist icon...

Yep, David is a total tart and prone to causing messy, interesting trainwrecks. Not to mention the worst dad ever. (We miss Lilith.) All of which is irresistible in a fictional setting.

A good part of my affection for the show is that everybody in the lab reminds me, in different ways, of my crazy astrophysicist pals, in that they are profane, promiscuous, cooking-loving, funky and obsessive in ways that you don't generally see in portrayal of scientists in the mainstream media.