In the process of obtaining a private, light sport or recreational pilot certificate most pilots feel as if they have to absorb an entire library of arcane aviation legal instruction and want to repeat the phrase from the student in the Gary Larson cartoon, "May I be excused, my brain is full."
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/pilots-and-the-law-some-special-concerns