Comparative law is the topic I'm spending time on lately.
Must say I've always been a fan of English Common Law, perhaps under
the influence of TV, but I'm not so sure lately. I've read Oliver Wendell
Holmes's "Common Law" and found it both a difficult read and underwhelming.
Law is always and everywhere twisted to suit the momentary needs of
the society (often: of the ruling part of the society) and in common law
I hoped to find more... dunno. Authenticity? Perhaps I was half-hoping
that "discovered law" is more "just" than other more top-down approaches.
Of course, given what we know about evolution, one should not expect
too much of legal systems. Yet, I can't help it.
Any other suggestions WRT literature? Thoughts? Who has the better
legal system, Anglo-Saxons or continental Europeans?
Must say I've always been a fan of English Common Law, perhaps under
the influence of TV, but I'm not so sure lately. I've read Oliver Wendell
Holmes's "Common Law" and found it both a difficult read and underwhelming.
Law is always and everywhere twisted to suit the momentary needs of
the society (often: of the ruling part of the society) and in common law
I hoped to find more... dunno. Authenticity? Perhaps I was half-hoping
that "discovered law" is more "just" than other more top-down approaches.
Of course, given what we know about evolution, one should not expect
too much of legal systems. Yet, I can't help it.
Any other suggestions WRT literature? Thoughts? Who has the better
legal system, Anglo-Saxons or continental Europeans?
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