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  • @octade @prachisrivas @academicchatter

    Call me an idealist besserwisser but…

    It took me 20 years to understand that the hero lawyers of US tv series and movies who remember a huge amount of court cases is not just about remembering being fancy but it is the very nature of common law system. There is no other law in many cases.

    It was a shock for me as in German tradition that Finland has also followed, legislation is thematic and the laws are possible for a layman to understand.

    Especially in the US the principle of minimizing state of the founders has lead to a very undemocratic and dysfunctional legal structure. It is far too costly, complicated and fuzzy.