Re:UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety c...
by callamdelaney on Thursday August 29, 2024 @05:31PM
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Laws are loosely written to effectively apply to anything and are interpreted by the courts. Sentences are subjectively and unevenly applied depending on the 'circumstances' of the offender.
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Re:UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety c...
by philwelch on Thursday August 29, 2024 @08:01PM
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> Laws are loosely written to effectively apply to anything and are interpreted by the courts.
This is called "English common law" and it is a feature American law shares with many other English-speaking countries.