...when the loss of a hand may be at stake
And sometimes that's the best part. I seem to recall some Australian businessmen who were unpleasant on a flight into Dubai and spent six months eating fermented camel meat in some local jail. I expect lawyers don't get treated so well.
Getting back on topic. You can argue that some things are hard to prove and you can weasel out of criminal prosecutions but we all know you are wrong. Especially the idiotic part about it being the responsability of CC to make sure you are not committing fraud. So if I rob a bank and the staff don't stop me then it is legal? If you ever pass your old law school go and ask for your money back.