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As I've mentioned elsewhere, there is a cultural difference between countries of Anglo-Saxon legal heritage, where common law plays a large part, and countries of Roman tradition, where laws are far more often written in detail.

So France does have legal books called Codes, that lay out the law in detail. America and Britain may have less of this, but common law, custom, and jurisprudence need to be studied in its place.

One thing I don't get is this: if America is so free of legal rigmarole, how come the practice of law is such a big activity there?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 04:55:15 AM EST
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