Matthew Parish
One of the 300 Most Influential People in Switzerland
— Bilan Magazine, 2013
Managing Partner at Gentium Law Group, Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester,
and recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
Perhaps it is better that we use the law against the killers. For all the law’s malice, it bears no proportion to those who wield swords over paper. Paper takes a long time to smother its victims, whereas with steel, the terminal blow is usually swift.
However, the more law, the ever more voluminous the paper it yields; the more impeded are the arms of the killers by the twin morasses of words and reasoning, and hence the fewer that may die gory deaths.
This is my defence of my profession, notwithstanding its habitual depravities that stain me as much as any other. The law buries humankind’s moral convictions deep within the folds of due process. Moreover, this in itself is a contusion of its own kind, but usually not nearly so rancid as that which it buries. In addition, paper is always cheaper than steel, and the stale smell of its multiple reams tends toward calming tempers, whereas that of cordite has the opposite effect.
If I can use law to defuse the perpetual propensity of our race to engage in conflict, and I might save lives as a result, then I will be satisfied. As a result, there is some tiny kernel within the law which renders us distinctively human and raises us above the beasts.
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Matthew Parish is an international lawyer, academic, and author recognized as one of the 300 Most Influential People in Switzerland by Bilan Magazine in 2013. He is the Managing Partner at Gentium Law Group and an Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester.
Matthew specializes in international arbitration, commercial litigation, international law, and sovereign dispute resolution. He has represented governments, global corporations, and high-net-worth individuals.
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