Joel Cohen
In his soliloquy, one of the more important speeches in English language, Hamlet examined the moral legitimacy of suicide in an unbearably painful world. In itemizing the causes of such suicide-inducing pain, he ticked off the oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, the pangs of despis’d love, the insolence of office and—“the law’s delay.” Yes, the law’s delay. Can that delay be so excruciatingly painful to a man’s existence that Hamlet, not really a victim of such delay, might actually consider committing suicide over it?
And here we are, as lawyers representing clients and interests locked down in the legal process. Not for want of trying. Sometimes trying desperately, but we simply cannot proceed forward in the manner to which we’ve come accustomed. We are simply “delayed,” and it’s clearly not the fault of the King of Denmark.
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