As a law student Raj Abhyanker had many questions, mostly about why the profession seemed so inefficient.
"I wouldn't be surprised if some people didn't quite get Raj," says Douglas Sylvester, dean of Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. "His questions weren't about interpretations; they were challenges to the whole idea.
"He was never very interested in learning the doctrine of rules," Sylvester adds. "It was always about 'I don't think this is right.'"
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