• @anlumo@feddit.de
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    61 year ago

    Isn’t that the big difference between civil law (most of Europe) and common law (UK, US)? The former follows the spirit of the written laws (even including comments by the lawmakers), while the latter follows the letter of the law.

    • magnetosphere
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      31 year ago

      I honestly don’t know. True or not, though, it’s an interesting idea!