"Miniatures used in courtroom trial" Topic

Yesterday I appeared in court proceedings against one of my tenants who decided to save money by not paying rent for the past few months. Afterwards I went up front to say hello to the judge who is a family acquaintance. While talking with him I noticed a large model of our downtown area sitting on the counter behind him. It was complete with construction paper cutouts of buildings, sidewalks, curbs and streets. There were parking meters and matchbox cars and more. Being a wargamer this quickly caught my attention. The judge explained that a case earlier in the day involved a parking dispute in the business district. One of the parties involved made this diorama to explain his side of the dispute. By the way, he won his case and so did I.

That's cool on several counts. You won. Also, you know the diorama guy didn't *have* to do all that. I'm sure it helped, but its not the normal way we work out justice (unless you're writing from a more interesting country than the one I live in). The guy enjoyed doing it, and he tied in what he enjoyed doing with the task he had to do communicating his position to his society. Neat.

But this does raise questions:

What rules did they use to resolve the parking dispute?

Do we need a courtroom miniatures board?

Andrew

Congratulations!

So how much did you offer him for it?