@prachisrivas @academicchatter
I must admit that the copyright legislation of GB is totally perverted IMHO. What else can you say about a country following common law tradition and the copyright owners of legal cases are… ta-daa… barristers!
AFAIK this is the reason why there is no public, freeof charge, searchable index of cases.
Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
@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.