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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by smugma on Saturday July 15, 2023 @01:30PM (#36739131)
That’s more aligned with countries that follow civil law work. They define the law and what it covers.

In contrast, common law is more open to interpretation, changes over time, etc.

Yes, this is super generalized, but the dichotomy explains two very different approaches to how countries approach their writing and interpreting of laws.

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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by logicchains on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:25PM (#36741088)
This is one of the reason common law countries are generally wealthier than civil law ones, because precedent is stronger in common law, so it's easier to do business (less uncertainty).
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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by bernawil on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:05AM (#36754363)
Sounds like a just-so explanation and something something causation ≠ correlation. Like me saying "Countries that use imperial units are richer than countries that use metric. The inconsistency in the former make their citizens more adaptable from childhood and supercharge their productivity."
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