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"Many jurisdictions" =/= "all jurisdictions", and in our increasingly non-local economic systems, laws that vary by area are problematic and often go unenforced
by FussyZeus 9y ago
"Many jurisdictions" =/= "all jurisdictions", and in our increasingly non-local economic systems, laws that vary by area are problematic and often go unenforced.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> in our increasingly non-local economic systems, laws that vary by area are problematic and often go unenforced. More often, “in our increasingly non-local economic systems”, laws (especially civil laws, where the complaining party chooses whether and where to pursue violations) that vary by area are effectively enforced at the level of the most favorable (to the complaining party) regime available, rather than being unenforced.
- FussyZeus 9y agoIf you're a corporation that can afford that kind of thing, sure. Joe Everyman has little to no recourse.
- dragonwriter 9y agoJoe Everyman has as much access to private actions and government support from his own jurisdiction as ever, and government agencies have often shown themselves willing to conduct enforcement action against foreign-based actors. Sure, the poor often have less be edit from the laws on the books than those with more resources for advocacy, but that's a near universal constant that's orthogonal to the issues raised in the thread.