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You can make use of the court system for resolving torts and contract violations in both cases, whether these courts are hypothetically publicly or privately op
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
You can make use of the court system for resolving torts and contract violations in both cases, whether these courts are hypothetically publicly or privately operated. Actually in the case of a public service, you may become entangled in certain complications related to sovereign immunity, depending on jurisdiction.
(There's also the surprising efficacy of vocally complaining in public. Do not underestimate a private firm's willingness to recuperate damages on its brand image.)
- maus42 11y agoHow likely it is that a refugee can effectively argue their complaints in a court? edit. addendum. These kind of firms have not that much of reason to care about their brand image when it comes to what regular people think about them: their only customers are some government officials (or in car park example, people who own the park space), not the general public.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoRefugees by definition have little leverage in general. I think it's a reasonable rule of thumb that any antipathy toward them will be greater expressed by the state that administrates the territory to begin with (and has various political interests to appear tough on something) than by private individuals, who are far more heterogeneous.