Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-...
by ashoeafoot on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @05:33AM
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Comon law proved to be more adaptable to different customs and cultures. Almost all of frances colonies sank into lawless despotism. Meanwhile many english colonies are or were vibeant lawruled democracies, even while beeing poor .
Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-...
by aredox on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @05:49AM
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>Comon law proved to be more adaptable to different customs and cultures.
...Which is why civil law is the system of 150 countries /s
Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-...
by rayiner on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:30AM
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Is that true of criminal law? (Genuine question, I know zilch about European criminal law.) Does French law have the concept of prosecutorial discretion?
Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-...
by telotortium on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @11:10AM
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So it would appear that French law has broadly the same power of prosecutorial discretion as US law.
Not in France. You Brits and Americans have that weird Common Law system that relies on broad "laws" (more principles, really), judicial precedent and court decisions, whereas France and most of the world's judiciaries adopted Romans and Napoleon's Civil law system where the legislators write detailed legal codes that the courts then apply.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)
Honestly, for me, Common Law is a medieval sh*tshow where nothing is really legally certain...