Leaping law

At Opinio Juris Roger Alford asks whether recognition of leap year constitutes customary international law, having "been in practice since the 16th century ... general, consistent and uninterrupted across the decades." He goes on to note, "No state claims a right to object to the practice. And yet no treaty governs the question."

Meanwhile, in more pedestrian legal matters, I overheard a lawyer declare, "Leap year's great. An extra day to get in your billable hours."

I wonder, though, if there were firms out there that added extra hours to the yearly requirement because there was the extra day...