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Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by philistine on Saturday March 28, 2026 @10:59AM (#47555189)
It's the same in Spain, which makes OPs proposal kind of useless. The big distinction between a civil and a common law system is the fundamentals. A country's civil code is properly defined, while a common law's system is based on previous cases you have to dig through to find the basics.
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Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by markdown on Saturday March 28, 2026 @06:23PM (#47558637)
> while a common law's system is based on previous cases you have to dig through to find the basics

In other words, you have to hire a lawyer. They really built a great system for themselves, didn't they?

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