John Selden, a British lawyer from the late 1500’s and early 1600’s, once explained:

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

Can the opposite be explained either? Is it possible for anyone to tell me how I might become familiar with the whole law? Has that person been to the library in their county courthouse?