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There was an article shared on HN a couple years ago arguing these that sorts of cost spikes and overruns are pretty much endemic to countries with common-law l

• abraae 10y ago
  That sounds very credible. On a bus in Cambodia, I watched a man fixing potholes in the road. He had nothing but a spade, and each time a vehicle came past he leapt out if it's way, clinging to a dirt bank. When I got home after that holiday, I saw someone repairing the motorway near my home. The whole lane was shut down just for him, and there was a large truck with a crew of two and huge flashing arrows on it in front of him just to keep him safe. It would be literally hundreds of times cheaper building anything in an environment where lives were considered expendable.
  • pdpi 10y ago
    I'm pretty sure the GP was taking about common law as opposed to roman-style civil law (or other ways of building a legal system)
    • rosser 10y ago
      Yes, that's correct. Thanks for clarifying.